My Migraine Life

So here we are about to enter a new year and boy has the last one been quite a trying one. I can honestly say that I don’t know that I will be sad to see this one go and a new one come. As time goes by and this illness persists it seems that each New Years Eve is not a sad event but a welcomed one. As I look back on this past year I remember it as one of heart ache, loss, illness for both Mark and myself and strife. I see it as one for the the record books and best left there. Now don’t get me wrong, of course as a mother there are always happy moments too and I look forward to many more with them. My new years resolution is to take happiness in the small things, I am going to try a new quilting adventure, and keep working on getting the headaches under control. I hope and pray all the best for all of you and your loved ones for this up and coming new year.

So I have had a bit of bad luck as of late. As you can see from my last post I had all of my last posts and comments deleted while I had a bad night. Then my laptop died and I was unable to do anything until now. I finally have a new laptop and am back up and running. OH happy day!!! The holidays have been hard and that has a lot to do with the weather and the stress of this time of year. We have had massive amounts of snow like no other year that I can remember and then it gets warm and we have thunderstorms. It has just been nuts and I feel that I just can’t get a break. Keeping on the diet has been hard too. My appetite is down as I have been increasing the topamax every week as well as the headaches are here with a vengeance.  But I keep trying anyways to stay on track the best I can. I have increased my vitamin D intake to 3000 I.U. this month and am up to a 100mcg fentanyl patch. Together it is all shortening the duration of the headaches as well as the intensity so that is a major plus. I have hope that with the continual increase of topamax and staying with the things will either stay the same or get better. I hope that you and your loved ones had a great holiday and that the upcoming New Year will be one of joy and miracles for all of us.