Stop me if you've heard this one before...

So let's recap: Saturday Feb 27th migraine hit me late in the evening while watching tv; Dog Whisperer, in fact, though I hold Cesar and his staff and pack entirely blameless. Managed through it okay, by Wednesday I was more or less back to normal except for the odd muscle twitch in and around my left knee.

Saturday March 6th, while returning home to pick up the boy to take him back to the hockey team's parent party, round 2 of the migraine meltdown hits, and the Captain and I fend off the invading forces as best we can with his trusty first mate Cola, but we were forced to give i just after midnight. Sunday wasn't great but I could function, and went to Riley's playoff game and watched them beat the top seeded team and advance to the next round.

Monday felt generally crappy and hung-over like but also seemed to be developing some kind of chest / sinus cold. Did some reading on migraines and found that men and women experience them differently and that our bodies deal with the pain in different capacities too. Many men who are treated for sinus headaches are actually suffering from migraines, and these can also be accompanied by the sinus infection apparently. But since most men rarely seek medical treatment for anything, there is far less data available on exactly how many men suffer from migraines and what their symptoms entail. Long story short I felt and sounded "sick" not just wiped out from the headache.

Tuesday I felt even worse, but took care of a couple site meetings that I had to complete, and then crashed by noon, welcomed home with that all-too-familiar vision thing happening in my right eye for the first time ever! The aura didn't grow too large, and a dark room and an afternoon of rest and meds helped. Karen took Riley to his piano practice, then to hockey practice and finally to parent-teacher meetings (I love that woman!) And I hit the couch, curtains drawn and the cat wisely sensing I didn't want him anywhere nearby.

Got up to take meds at 5 cuz I felt 'off' somehow, and while I was up checked my email. Sat in the office read the two or three messages that didn't need my attention anyway, and realized I was being attacked by yet another dazzling lightshow! This time back in the familiar left eye field of vision, starting as a very small blurred spot, but quickly growing outwardly into a "C" shaped ribbon of zig-zags, until it covered my entire left visual side!

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Coupled with the runny, stuffy nose and the occasional coughing fit, I was the poster boy for pharmaceutical intervention. The resulting headache was brutal, and thankfully the T-3's kicked in enough to let me get some rest..

I'm sick. And I don't like it. I'm also concerned about these headaches and auras - yes, a doctor's appointment has been made - and no, I'm not working today - though I am writing this to let you know I haven't been totally incapacitated, though at times I sure felt like it.

I'm going back to my cave.