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fluffyluggage

Hmm...well, I guess this'll be the misadventures of fluffyluggage, eh?

Cramps, pain, and hell

Oct 08 2008

Yeah, life sucks today. I'm not doing well. I took a vicodin today for the cramps and the migraines. It was horrible. I had a horrible day. My leg flared up, and since the nurse didn't pay attentionto me when she took my message, my doc didn't hear the right thing, so I didn't get the right info. I'm not gonna go see a dermatologist for something that the PCP needs to deal with. It's ridiculous. It's been a week since I started having symptoms, and I shouldn't be having flare-ups of a red damn stocking going around my leg. It's ridiculous. I'm grumpy and cramping and feel like crap today, too. It's awful. Did I mention I took a vicodin today? Well, it didn't help!

Previous diary posts by fluffyluggage:

Dinner, etc...
today... kinda iffy
ups and downs
Sob session
Doc visit

Herx
Bummer
Today, yesterday
Try it again...
Visit to the porcelain throne

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written by pt247, October 22, 2009

Hi Fluffyluggage, I'm new here. Not quite sure of all the navigation yet. Anyway I was reading a post I believe was from you about your cluster migranes. My computer kicked me off and I can't find the post again. Anyway I have had CFS and have been fighting for over 10 years. Doctors never seemed to help much (don't even get me started on that one!). I've been going the naturopathic route lately. Anyway your post sounded just like me! I haven't had migranes near as long as you have, though I do remember having headaches doctors couldn't figure out when I was young, now that I think about it...Anyway seems like anything I tried only worked for a little bit if at all. I recently had a headache for almost a month. My naturopath told me to drink a glass of water with 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 or 2 times a day. My blood pressure is normally low so I'm not too scared of salt. Anyway the first day, maybe day and a half I was not sure but thought it might be making it worse. Then all of a sudden the headache was gone. This morning I started to get the swollen tingly feeling that usually turns into an insane headache. I took my morning salt water and no headache formed.
Long story short I thought it might help. I personally get desperate enough to try anything, so if you're there and don't have high blood pressure problems, who knows. (sorry so longwinded)

written by pt247, October 22, 2009

oh he did stress to use high quality sea salt. and when I taste the water I can't really taste the salt in it (meanwhile it makes my husband choke) so I figure I must need it.