Today has been a really, really good day. I went to practice this morning which made me really happy. I needed to see my girls. Since I'm still recovering from the stomach bug I worked with the new recruits which is always a fun change of pace. I really enjoy getting the opportunity to teach. I don't think that I'm great at it, but I think that it's fun to pass along the things that I learned because I remember being at that stage. God I was awful when I first started. Seriously, I thought I was gonna be the bomb in my white "roller derby" skates from Academy, but I was so bad and I broke my tail bone on my first practice. It took me 4 months to learn how to do a t-stop and 3 months to learn how to crossover. Once I finally upgraded my skates I magically got better:)
Anyway, I got hit with a headache (not a migraine) in the middle of practice, but 3 ibuprofen cleared that right up and my head has felt pretty good until about an hour ago. The pain just now started creeping back in but since I'm about to go to bed I figure I'll just sleep off the pain. Trying to avoid any abortives if at all possible. Maybe the doc is right, my migraines are fewer than they were a week ago, or maybe it's because I've been at the high dose of my Topamax for 3 weeks now, who knows, but I am starting to think that this might be working.
I'm going to my primary doc tomorrow to see if I can get tested for Celiac Disease. I'm sure that I don't have it, but it keeps coming up in my migraine research and with all my gastro issues I figure I might as well rule it out. From what I've read it can just pop up out of no where and manifest itself in the form of migraines with no other symptoms sometimes. And people with migraines are 10 times more likely to have Celiac Disease than those without. I also have some other non-migraine related things to do at the doctor so since I'll be there anyway what's the harm?
Tomorrow starts http://invisibleillnessweek.com/ National Invisible Chronic Illness Week so make sure to stop by and check out the website.
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I'm excited for you to get tested (I think you test yourself actually?) for Celiac... My aunt suffered for YEARS with migraines and once she figured it out it was magically better. Not saying that there's a magical 'cure' but I just want you to feel better like that! If it was something that simple how amazing would that be.
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