The last 2 or 3 months or so, I have been getting migraines.
I have always been plagued with tension headaches, mostly from work stress or roommate stress...but these have been the beginnings of full on migraines. It's concerning me a little, but luckily, I have been able to head most of them off at the first sign with a combination of caffeine and Advil. Today however, I was not so lucky.
I took Jess Christmas shopping after school and as we were leaving Target, I felt it starting. They are all the same, all beginning as piercing pressure behind my right eye and radiating through the whole right side of my head.
I opened a Diet Coke asap, but I didn't have any Advil on me. I needed to get Dylan and get home. I didn't catch this one fast enough.
The pain was so bad, it made my eye water. Not crying, but just watering. I finally got the kids home and told them to read quietly while I tried to recover. I downed some Advil and put my head back on the chair. Next thing I know, I feel two tiny fingers rubbing my forehead. I open my eyes and Dylan is standing next to me.
"When I have a headache, I always rub where it hurts and that makes it feel better."
He probably stood there for a good 15 minutes, and eventually, amazingly, it worked. I mean, it was just better. It might have been the Advil, but I would like to think it was because this super sweet 6 year old was so concerned that I felt better that he made it so.
My job drives me nuts a good majority of the time..but moments like this afternoon, I wouldn't have wanted to be doing anything else.
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