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Finally a selfie.
Don’t hate. This was taken 14-hours into a migraine. I wasn’t feeling overly photogenic, but it turned out quite nicely, if I do say so myself.
I know it’s Thursday and I’m “supposed” to do a Thankful Thursday list…but I already write a list of three things I’m grateful for every single day. And it seems to be a huge challenge to come up with another, fresh set of 10 every Thursday. I know, I should make the push to do so, because, as everyone tells me, “the attitude of gratitude” is life changing. Yeah well, I say that if I fucking hate doing it this damn much, it isn’t changing my life for the better.
Yeah, so migraine today. Wasn’t a bad one – I wasn’t overly sensitive to light or sound, and I wasn’t throwing up from the pain. It was a medium level one – it just didn’t go away. It’s been years since I’ve had one that has lingered on past the 6-hour mark. This one lasted until hour SIXTEEN. Holy hell – not fun. I did just about everything I could to make it go away, but in the end, it just took TIME.
Maybe when I graduate and I get a full time job with full time pay, I can afford to go see a doctor about my headaches. But NOW is not that time.
My insurance FINALLY passed their decision on if they were going to cover my surgery….thank god they decided that YES they would pay for it. I hadn’t even thought of the possibility that they could say no because it was an “elective” surgery. BUT, thankfully they are footing $36K of the bill, which leaves me to pay the remaining $4k. Which is WORLDS better than paying all $40k…but still takes a major chunk of my pay at this point. So yeah, I will not be seeing a specialist for my headaches anytime soon.
Brandy, my Canadian twin, mentioned magnesium supplements, so I’m going to try that out. She also recommended a combo of feverfew and ginger supplements as well. I’m not sure I can swing all of those right now, so I’ll start with the magnesium for now and add the others as each paycheck rolls around.
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