Wow, I've been gone for a long time. I've just been so busy with my business, my other blog, homeschooling, and the holidays that I haven't had a chance to post here.
I am afflicted with migraines. I always hoped I wouldn't grow up to get them. I watched my mom suffer with them for so many years when I was growing up. She had been plagued with them since childhood. It was much worse for her - there were no medications targeted to migraines when she was young; really, not much was known about them at all.
I live in the age of Imitrex, which has been such a blessing for me and my mom. I don't know what we would do without it. I get two-day migraines a couple times a month, and although the Imitrex doesn't take the migraine away completely, it does provide a lot of relief.
I've tried to figure out whether they're the result of stress, things I eat, lack of sleep, etc. but the only pattern seems to be that they're related to monthly hormones. And, of course, they're hereditary.
My sisters don't get them, and I'm so glad about that. I really hope that neither of my kids take after me in this regard. We'll just have to see. In the meantime, I'm on day two of this month's migraine, and I'm really hoping it goes away soon.
