I briefly mentioned that I was feeling poorly on Saturday. Well, it got worse, and yesterday morning I went to the local urgent care, who sent me to the ER, who admitted to the hospital for an intestinal blockage. Hopefully, I will go home today, but the doctor doesn’t know for certain.
This is an abbreviated Moment of Zen because I have one of the worst headaches I’ve had in a long time. Combine that with a backache, and it had a truly miserable night of sleep, if you can even call it that.
I had a migraine all weekend, one that was especially bad yesterday. Thankfully, I’m feeling better today because I have to go to work today. I need to prepare for this week’s classes. I also have a few things I need to work on for next week. However, because of my migraine and still feeling a bit foggy from my migraine medication, I don’t have much to say today.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Other than teaching my regular class today and setting up the classroom for two classes tomorrow, I’m not overly busy or stressed about today. Yesterday was the hump I had to get over this week, and everything went just fine. In fact, it went much better than I expected.
Today’s bigger task is heading down to Dartmouth’s hospital to get a Botox treatment for my migraines. Usually, I go to their outpatient clinic, but my nurse practitioner who does my Botox did not have an open appointment at the clinic. She knows the Botox tends to wear off after 10 weeks and doesn’t last the full 12 weeks, so she did not want me to wait any longer than 12 weeks. (Insurance won’t pay for it unless it’s at least 12 weeks.) So, she had the person scheduling appointments to see if she had any appointments open at the hospital. She actually said, “If you can’t find an appointment, just schedule him for my lunch hour.” I thought that was very nice of her. The Botox appointments usually don’t last more than 10 minutes.
Thank goodness I’m working from home today. I didn’t sleep very well last night and woke up still feeling drowsy and having a migraine. It’s time for my next Botox treatment (next Thursday), and my headaches always get more intense and frequent. I have a few things that need doing today, but mostly I can take it easy. In fact, after I have breakfast, I may go back to bed for a bit.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Thankfully, I am feeling better today. Yesterday was a doozy of a migraine, and I ended up taking a sick day from work. Today is a work from home day, which means I can take it a little easier and be more comfortable than if I were at the office. I have a bit of work that has to be done, so I can’t take it too easily.
Late this afternoon, I have an appointment with my eye doctor. I haven’t had an eye exam in several years, and I know it’s past time to get one. My eye sight has definitely gotten worse, and I need to know for sure what strength reading glasses I need. Also, I’m out of contacts, and I need a new prescription to buy any more.
Even though it will be a work from home day, it will also be a busy day. At least it’s Friday. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
I had a terrible night’s sleep last night. I went to bed about an hour early, but I was awake at 2:30 am. I tried going back to sleep and may have dozed a bit. However, when I woke up again, it was 3:00 am. At 3:30 am, I was wide awake. I never did fall back to sleep again. I was in that half awake, half sleep mode until I finally got up for good a little after 5:00 am. I also woke up with a headache. If my headache doesn’t improve soon (sometimes it does once I am up and moving around), I’m going to call in sick to work.
Here’s your Isabella pic of the week:
She was such a cute little kitten. She seemed to be all fluff.
There isn’t much to say this morning. Thank goodness it’s Friday, and it’s a work from home day. I’ll work on material for next week’s class today, but there isn’t a whole lot else to do. I have a few emails to send out. I woke up with a bit of a migraine, which I hope will go away as the morning goes on. I have no plans for the weekend. I doubt I will leave my apartment on Sunday, though I may go downstairs to do some laundry. It’s expected to snow throughout Saturday night. There are no plans for tomorrow. I’m hoping for an easy, lazy weekend.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
I was not feeling great yesterday. I was nauseated all day and had a migraine. The nausea is better today, but my migraine is worse. I woke up at 3 am this morning and couldn’t fall back to sleep, which is not unusual when I wake up with a headache. At least I’m working from home today and can take it easy.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Thank goodness, I am working from home today. We got more snow last night, and I really don’t want to get out in it. Plus, I went to bed early last night because of a bad migraine. I was actually on the couch watching Jeopardy, and I fell asleep before seeing Final Jeopardy. I love watching Jeopardy, so for me to fall asleep during it, it should be a sign that I was really feeling awful. I still have the same migraine this morning.
I have a few work things I need to do today, but it’s mainly to answer some emails. However, I also need to complete some final preparations for my class that starts next week. I am both excited and anxious about my class. I have taught World History, American History, and Art History, but I have never taught a college class that I have designed myself, and especially one without a textbook. No textbook exists for what I am teaching. I have created classes from scratch for high school classes but not for college and especially not for a mix of undergraduate and graduate students. It’s a subject I know a lot about, and probably one of the few experts today on this particular subject, but it’s all rests on me. It’s a new experience and while I know my subject, I think most of us can agree that a fair amount of anxiety goes with all new experiences.
One last thing, my visit with my doctor went well yesterday. There were several things I wanted to discuss with him, and it all went well. There was a new medicine I was hoping to talk to him about for my sleep apnea, and he actually brought it up first. I have trouble with waking up with a headache due to my CPAP, so I would love to be able to sleep without it. Also, I have had shoulder pain for several months. He told me it was a rotator cuff injury, but not a tear, so it won’t need surgery (this was my biggest fear), just physical therapy and a possible injection if PT is not enough. We also discussed my mother’s dementia. He understood what I was going through because he is going through a similar situation with his own mother. All in all, it was a good visit. My A1C, heart, and lungs are all good. I did not have a comprehensive metabolic panel done, but that will be done at my next visit in four months.
I forgot to add this to yesterday’s post, but here’s your Isabella pic of the week:
 | noisilycool3bc985058… on Half-Day Friday |
 | vandycolt on A Quiet, Rainy Morning |
 | Joe on Rains and Migraines |
 | Bruce on Rains and Migraines |
| noisilycool3bc985058… on Pic of the Day |
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