Migraines

I question at times, the inperfections of the human body.  Often people ask me if I could change one thing about me what would it be?  My usual response is that I like the way I am. Today I have come upon a true answer.

Ever since I was in second grade I have been plagued by miragines.  I say plagued because that is what they are.  A plague upon my mind. I suffer week in and week out from intense pain that sometimes has no cure.  I get about 1-3 a week.  Often the cure is worse than the pain.  I restrict my diet to avoide certain chemicals and food products.  At the same time I increase my protein, iron, and water. I avoide strong smells, intense lights, and flashing lights.  I monitor the weather.  Any strange combination can trigger a migraine.  Most times I have no idea how I trigger them.

I can often catch them before they become to serious.  I often get dizzy, light headed, see auras, get tunnel vison, and nauseous.  My sense become so hightened  I can smell even the tiniest sent change in a room,  feel someone walking down a hallway, the smallest amount of light throws me into a nauseous fit, and feel I the smallest temperature change in the room.

As you can imagine they are very terrible.  Yet many times I hate to complain of the pain.  Only one time do I remember using a migraine as an excuse to not do something.  It was to get away from someone I had no care for.  I would rather suffer a thousand deaths than to have spent the day with that particular person. To this day I do not regret my actions.  If I ever complaine of a migraine, rest assured it hurts, a lot.  I pride myself on with standing the pain. 

In the end I would give almost anything to be rid of my migraines.