Autism and vaccines, Weddings and migraines.

although this is a migraine blog, i do want to share this article before i forget.

THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.

read more.

my current migraine started last night, and i'm going to a wedding on saturday. (thank you, brain!) while i'm looking forward to the wedding, based on my past 2 migraines, i'll still have this one on the day of the wedding and i'm not looking forward to dealing with it at all. keep fingers crossed for me, all!

Vent, Whine and some coping tips.

To start, the migraine i mentioned in my first post continues. it's making me miserable and touchy. although my last tramal shot has brought my pain levels down to barable. i thought i'd make a little summary of some of the coping tricks i use:

• keep lights off or dimmed.
• keep up fluids, especially water.
• eat! even if it's only something light and only once or twice a day.
• rest. relax. sleep. these are important ways to keep pain levels down.
• see your doctor. (obviously!) but be patient if treatment doesn't result in pain going away immediately.
• take pain medication and preventative medication as direction. messing with these can cause then to stop working or even cause rebound pain.
• keep yourself informed. migraine is a little understood disease, but there's more research and understanding each and every day. both from the medical profession and the shared experience of other sufferers. learn what you can, being informed WILL help you get the best treatment.

For now i'm going to make some soup and go back to feeling sorry for myself, and then get some more sleep.