You would cry too if it happened to you…
Or not, you’re probably a much stronger person than I am. 
Actually, I’m not crying. It’s really more of a pathetic whimper. When you have crazy allergy sinus headaches that set off nasty migraine headaches, crying really is not a good idea, it just makes the sinus pressure about 150 times worse.
It would be nice if the dizziness would pass, life is so much easier lived when one can walk freely throughout one’s house, upright, know what I mean? (I hope you don’t actually know what I mean. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone…)
I used to get these life-squelching headaches at least once a month, once or twice a week in the worst times. Then, I saw a wonderful chiropractic neurologist, who was the 1st person to bring me some relief. I saw him weekly for about a year and was amazed at the results- I had only a fraction of the headaches I used to get and my daily chronic neck pain was reduced by so much that I really felt quite normal!
And then he closed his clinic. Major bummer for me.
The other regular chiropractor I saw brought some maintenance relief in the neck department, but didn’t have the same effect on my headaches. The regular neurologists I’ve seen want to put me on high blood pressure meds (I have always had very low blood pressure) and anti-seizure meds (I’ve never had a seizure in my life, that I’m aware of) because for some reason they might help with my frequent severe headaches. Oh yeah, he also wanted to prescribe stimulants (think Ritalin, blech!) for the specific sleep disorder I was diagnosed with. Um, NO Thank You!
Anyhoo, a couple days of pain and nausea like this tend to suck the energy right out of just about every cell of my body, even on my birthday…
When I walked out of the room this morning to head to the kitchen for a drink, all bent over, ’cause I was too dizzy to stand up striaght, and kind of moaning (seriously, I can be so pathetic when I’m sick! Ugh!), Jaron gave me a sweet “Happy Birthday Mom!” and I was all, “Oh, yeah, right, it is, I forgot, thanks” and slowly trudged back to my bed.
Little Mercy came in to give me a present- one of Grace’s stuffed animals, hehe. I told Grace that maybe we could share it…? We both had a chuckle over that one.
Well, I’m hoping a cup of coffee will do me some good this morning, at least enough good to get up and moving and maybe even bake a cake- I have my heart set on a cake like the one my sister had in her last post… Isn’t it cheerful looking? (Scroll down a bit) I LOVE those super bright daisies. I think I need some on a cake. I don’t even really like cake, but it’s my birthday, and it looks so sweet and happy!
Maybe, just maybe, we’ll even get outside to blow some more super fun Big Bubbles!! Maybe. Hopefully. Because, that’s really what I want for my birthday, to have some sweet fun with my family.
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Happy Birthday – I hope you manage to enjoy it! I wish you lots of fun with your family today – treat yourself too of course!
Sorry you’re feeling so yucky! My b-day was last week, and unfortunately, I was feeling pretty terrible too. No cake. No family fun. I finally fell asleep on the couch around 6 pm, and slept until my husband woke me up to come to bed 3-1/2 hours later! I sure hope your day gets better, not worse! HUGS!
Happy birthday! I hope you feel better soon.
I get those nasty sinus headaches, too, they’re awful. Have you ever considered a D.O. who specializes in manipulation? They might do the same things as the chiropractor did to get relief.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I really hope you feel better.
I hope that you are feeling better very soon and can enjoy your birthday. Wishing you a great day and may you get your cheerful cake.
Ruth