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Migraine behind my eye

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I don’t know if it’s the weather this week or just me but I’ve been headachey or worse – had a migraine most of the week.

I’ve had a headache pretty much since I got up this morning but I think it’s turning into a migraine now. My right eye is tender – kind of like someone punched me in the eye a few days ago – or what I think it would feel like since I’ve never actually been punched in the eye. My eye has hurt on and off a few times this year – even without a headache or migraine. I’m pretty sure it’s migraine related even if there is no head pain accompanying it since I’m a migraine sufferer.

Maybe it’s time for me to try some Migraine Botox. I used to work in a pain clinic (as a nurse) where we’d give people Botox injections in their face (eyebrows and temples and back of the head) to help with migraines. Perhaps that’s what I need now. I know it helped several of our patients.

I think for now I’m going to just take my migraine medication and lie down with a heating pad at the back of my neck. If that doesn’t work I’ll switch to an icepack for my head. My neurologist said one of the best things for a migraine was a warm body and cold head as in bundle up in a blanket and put a cold pack on your head … so we’ll see which works best for me.

A different kind of Christmas

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Christmas was quite different for me this year. I ended up spending it with my sister, her boyfriend and my nephew. It was nice, but not my usual Christmas – mostly because of something that has happened two nights before and that I’m still undergoing. Needless to say it’s been a stressful Christmas because of something someone did. Anyway … I made the best of things.

My sister and the rest of the gang did their best to cheer me up. I got more presents than I’ve received in years! I didn’t need any of them, but I appreciated every single one of them. I think my sister alone bought me six or seven gifts. LOL One of them was one of those funny t shirts with a saying on it that I’d better not repeat here that made me laugh for a few minutes. It definitely fit what I’m going through.

Another reason why Christmas was different is because I actually stayed over at my sisters. I’ve never done that before. I stayed over Christmas eve until boxing day (3 days) and because I have a dog she also stayed at my sisters too. Oh and it was the dogs first time around cats so that was interesting. Luckily the cats and my dog got along fairly well so that was a good thing.

How was your Christmas or Holiday season?

A crafty relative

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My niece is visiting from New Brunswick and she’s staying at my sisters house for a few days.

She’s just started her own home business making all kinds of craft items -everything from hair clips to fancy dog collars to home made soaps and so on. I don’t even know the extent of what she makes but there’s all kinds of things. I don’t even know where she finds the time to it all. She’s always posting new pictures on her Facebook page of new items she’s just made.

Anyway, the other day I called my sister and my niece was busy making some kind of no sew blanket. My sister explained how she was doing it, but I think I’d have to see it to really understand – but it sounds cool. The floor was apparently covered with material, bead, yarn and all her crafting tools. I’m surprised my sisters cats didn’t get into any of the stuff that was scattered about!

The Christmas gift I got for my niece has everything to do with her craft business. I hope she likes it.

Do you have a crafty person in your family as well?

Hoping to go back to work soon

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Earlier today I renewed my nursing registration. It’s something I have to do every year around this time.

Unfortunately I haven’t been a practicing nurse for about 6 years because I’ve been on medical leave … but, I’ve been feeling quite a bit better in the last 6 months or so … or I was until something very stressful started happening about three months ago – and I had started to think about returning to work.

I’m pretty sure I still have my job placement at the hospital if I want to return to it, so if I can overcome the current stressful situation that I’m under I might be able to go back to work. In fact, getting out of the house might be very good for me. I need a change of scenery and need to renew my sense of self worth.

So please wish me luck. I’m hoping that maybe by February I’ll be able to say that I’m starting back to work at the hospital. I’ll still be blogging of course too – so you’ll still hear from me.






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