When you have to be at work with a growing migraine and you don’t have your painkillers with you, it gives another facet to the meaning of “dread”. When you’re in the department by yourself because your partner is on vacation and this happens, it does the same for the meaning of “helplessness”.
This one was a migraine with a sinus headache trigger. These are the kind that start out in the morning as a fuzzy throb, then builds and builds and builds until you’re ready to cry. Two Tylenol helped quiet the pain down… somewhat. Then at the tail end of my day, I felt like my head was going to explode from the front on through the back and neck. Concentrating on driving in a hot-as-hell car only made it worse. When I got home, all I did was take a mix of one Aleve gelcap and one Excedrin Migraine, then crawled upstairs into bed and whimpered.
An hour later, and the pain went down far enough to enjoy what was left of the day.
I’m so tired now!
