written: July 12
Photo 103/1001
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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