Lately I have had a lot of joint pain. I went to the doctor and we took x-rays, ran an RA Factor test, and tested for Lyme. RA Factor came back negative (yayay!) and the x-rays showed no arthritic changes; still waiting on the Lyme blood work. He asked how I had been feeling lately and I commented that I had crushing headaches the week before, but that wasn’t that unusual. My dh thinks I have a lot of headaches. Since there is no normal I didn’t think much of that. He says I complain about them daily and I do take something for them – it just doesn’t always seem to help.
In talking to the doctor he asked if I would like to make an appointment with a neurologist. He said the headaches I am describing sound like they might belong in the migraine family. He suggested there was medication I could take, etc. Since the headaches are generally not incapacitating I am not interested in taking any medication.
However, the appointment and suggestion that I have headaches with more frequency than some people did make me curious. I have decided to try and track when I have headaches to see if I can figure out if it is linked to hormones or what.
I sent my dh an e-mail this morning asking him to remind me to mark on my calendar that I have a headache today. He said, “Why don’t I remind you when you don’t have a headache?”
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Oh, and perhaps a bit more important than my headaches? Yesterday was my three year anniversary of being sober! WoW!! Sometimes it feels like so much longer - sometimes so much less.
2 comments:
Congratulations on your anniversary! That is wonderful! I hope you get some relief from the headaches and joint pain soon! Well wishes.
congratulations!
Interesting about the headaches. I would think to track for hormones or foods I was eating, if it were me. Good luck ;) (I get headaches if I eat too much sugar. but it has to be a LOT of sugar for that to happen.)
Good luck on the Lyme test, too.. ;)
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