3.10.2011

envious....

when i hear someone say
"i've never had one"
i say
"i wouldn't wish one on my worst enemy"
~
i had another migraine last night that took me down
~
well
only after it stabbed me in the neck with blades sharpened by bobby flay
and
embedded nails into my temples with a force that only a nail gun can produce
~
when that wasn't enough
it threw bricks at me
one by one
until eventually
i couldn't get up
~
and
in the middle of the night
after taking my prescription medication and a muscle relaxant
i actually caught the grenade it threw at me
{thank you bruno mars}
and
sat up in bed
thinking
okay
this just might be it
~
fortunately i woke up this morning
which meant i was alive
and
with some caffeine
which is a no-no for me
i feel fine
~
recently i heard
either from
"the doctors" or "doctor oz"
that having an orgasm can help ease the pain of a migraine
~
really
~
are you serious
~
if anyone thinks for a minute
that while my body is being tortured by what feels like brutal instruments and weapons ganging up on me
just for fun
that i could think about
let alone
have
an orgasm
~
um
well
let's just say
are you
CRAZY
~
obviously
the person who researched this has never had a migraine
or
is a man
*





33 comments:

oldgreymare said...

definitely a man- faced with a firing squad, bleeding out, or drowning... if the opportunity "arose" so would they..lol

Hope today is much better..

xxx
z

missing the mom gene said...

Yep, oldgreymare is correct. Only a man would offer that solution. I think an experiment is in order -- take 40 needles *pricking* their scalp and determine their rise of anticipation! Checked in with the hubby on this one. He thinks I'm a sadist and told me to stay away from him.
Love your writing.
Thanks for sharing!
Reena

Marilyn said...

for sure a man would say that. I am so sorry you had nails pounding in your head. I have only had one such headache and one was enough. Take care and so glad you are coming out the other side alive and haven't lost your humor. Now if a woman could just find a cure for this.

MarieElizabeth said...

I agree. Sorry to hear you had an ugly one, glad it has passed. I wouldn't wish them on anyone either - ugh.

Elena said...

I'm so sorry to hear you were being tortured. And yep, totally a guy thought.

texwisgirl said...

ha ha. at least you retained your sense of humor thru all that pain and misery!

Dyche Designs said...

I suffer with migraines too so feel your pain. I've just been put on topomaz by my neurologist, only on day 2 so it will be interesting to see if it helps. As for orgasms I'd heard that theory too but personally I think they make them worse (tee hee).

deb colarossi said...

an about to be divorced man ;)

Moannie said...

I am soooo sorry I said that. Do kidney stones count on the pain meter? Truly would have preferred to have given birth when I was stricken. Not that it is a competition.

A man is likely to have suspected it to be an avoidance headache, unless he had had one, in which case he'd be a bundle of tears.

The Bodhi Chicklet said...

Funny you should say that, I once was married to a man who got cluster head-aches, a form of migraine. And having an organism would release the pain. Of course, getting there was also painful and er, it wasn't something he could be very, er, rambunctious about, but it worked. I knew you would laugh.

Pointy Pix said...

I'm sorry you suffer from migraines - I've never had one (sorry) but you describe it so eloquently I am mightily relieved not to have experienced it. I was unfortuante enought to get carbon monoxide poisoning once which initially manifested itself in a headache so severe I literally couldn't lift my head from the pillow and if migraines are anything like that then my heart goes out to you.

Karen said...

I'm sure it's a man who said that.

I've been in the emergency room with a migraine.. I know your pain. SUCKS.

Hope you're feeling a bit better today. The muscle relaxant Cyclobenzaprine has helped me.

Country Girl said...

You'd think they would have invented that orgasm machine from Woody Allen's movie, Sleeper by now. I think I would love that machine.

Oh, here it is, from Wikipedia no less!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasmatron

Barbara Shallue said...

I think both - my husband has migraines and I know sex is the last thing on his mind during one! And obviously the person who said this knows nothing about women!!

nacherluver said...

Oh my goodness! I have had migranes, can relate and am soooo soooo sorry for your pain. Ouch! Hope the nasty beast stays away for good.

leslie said...

I feel your pain. I get them also and when I finally come up for air I feel like I've been beaten up. Hmmm... orgasm... not!!
leslie

Kim Mailhot said...

Thank God for the feeling from the middle of the night when the bulk of that pain is over. Poor sweet Bethie.
Definitely a man.
Love ya !

Mark said...

LOL LOL LOL
Hope you feel better

Poetic Artist said...

I have to agree it had to be a man. I hope you have a much better day today.
Take care.
Katelen

Leslie said...

ha! what deb said. and glad you're feeling a bit better today...

Barb said...

Maybe if you'd just moan a bit like in When Harry Met Sally it could help... Glad if your head is better at any rate.

Hilary said...

Oh I know what that's like.. and I hate that for you. I remember hearing that an orgasm is supposed to relieve menstrual cramps too. Another "yeah, right!" I'm glad you're feeling better. Imitrex.. that used to help if you can take it.

tainterturtles said...

Geez, what next? I sure hope your are feeling better. I've had cycles of migraines since childhood and it's never fun.

Alison said...

Oh Beth, I had a migraine yesterday too, when I got home from school. It was just awful. And no chance of an orgasm either!

Kattytrick said...

You are so right! I myself get "Cluster Migraines", and also having a problem with motion sickness, when that dizzy feeling starts, I throw up and continue to do so until it subsides...which is never soon enough! You have my sympathy. I'm sending all of the GOOD VIBRATIONS I can muster your way! Sorry to hear you had to endure this crap!___=^..^=___Kittie

Green Girl in Wisconsin said...

I have to guess it's the blood rushing to the head that makes them go away, right?
"Hey honey, I have a headache--come on over here!"

PaperPumpkin said...

yeah, I'm with you. I am plagued with migraines and even "Complicated Migraines". I am sorry that you get them so badly, beth. They are indeed horrible. I went to a "headache guru" at a neurologist's office, and got the best help yet. A pill that can take them away without making me feel miserably dopey.

mrs mediocrity said...

oh my god, i was in the same place last night, and yet another one today, and even after two prescription pills and some over the counter meds i still felt crappy, and now i have managed to numb the pain a bit with some wine. probably a very bad combination, but as i'm sure you know, whatever makes the pain go away...
it was absolutely a stupid man who has never had a migraine who said that. i hope you are better now. i seem to be stuck in a cycle, do you think it's the weather?

Oliag said...

If anyone can find something to laugh about while suffering a debilitating migraine it would be you! A man for sure!

I have only had one serious headache in my life that sent me to the doctors...but it lasted for three weeks...I never did find out what caused it and all I can say is I am thankful it never came back...

Jeanie said...

Sounds absolutely wretched. Hope all remnants are gone today.

MB Shaw said...

uh, no.....crazy thought. definitely a man.
Take care.
xoxo

Jaime said...

Oh Beth...I can't imagine. And I think an ordinary headache is unbearable...I seriously can't imagine. I hope it is entirely gone now, not to return!

Christina said...

for sure a man!
xoxo