Five on Friday

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I had another neurologist appointment today. I think I'm finally back on track and I'm definitely feeling better. It looks like I've found a medicine that works for me for now at least! We'll see.

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I love seeing this sign when I come home everyday. My cousin Caroline gave it to us. It makes me smile. The Jones'! ;)

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Tomorrow will be 3 months since our wedding! Seriously, how did 3 months go by so dang quickly? But, so far, we're having such a great time being married. I love having him here all the time! We make a great team and we're the best of friends!!

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Poor Josie is in heat. She has to wear a diaper all day. I feel sorry for her, but she's been really good about it. She's such a good, sweet dog! After this though, poor girl is getting an appointment to get fixed.  

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I've reconnected with an old high school bestie who happens to live practically right around the corner from me. It's great having another friend out here. Me, her, and Jennifer had a girl's wine night last night and talked and hung out until 1 am. I'm so happy that we're hanging out again Kelly!!

Have a great weekend!

in a funk

The new migraine preventative is NOT working. Matter of fact, I hate it. I've tried to stick it out for close to 2 weeks but it just keeps getting worse. I've had the worst aversions to food and drinks. Some of my favorite things are now incredibly nasty to me. I have a gross taste in my mouth all the time. My head feels like a balloon all the time. 

And the worst part? It doesn't even prevent my migraines! 

I took myself off of it yesterday. I would have sooner but I didn't want to be all funky feeling for my friend's wedding (more about that hopefully tomorrow). 

So far I've had 2 migraines in 24 hours. I'm miserable, I'm moody, I'm so not myself. And, I can't see my doctor until Wednesday. I'm praying hard that I can make it through these 2 days of school without bad headaches.

update and a movie

Thank you for all the sweet comments and twitter messages about my doctor's appointment earlier today. It went very well and I'm pleased with what we decided. I already started about a week ago cutting my dosage of previous medicine back by 1/2. Because of that, I am able to start my new medicine tonight. I came to the doctor very prepared and asking lots of questions. I'm excited to try something new, hopeful that it will work well with keeping the migraines away, and of course hopeful that the extra weight (I found out today it was 11 pounds) will go away. 

After my appointment, I decided to go by Redbox (best invention) and rented this:

Why I'm so late seeing it, I have no idea. But, I must say, this is my new favorite movie hands down! It was absolutely incredible!!

Time to try something new

Tomorrow I have a neurologist appointment. If you were reading this blog about 8-9 months ago then you might remember that I was having very frequent migraines and tried several medications. I was finally put on a daily preventative and given a migraine pain medicine to take as needed. The preventative has helped and I very rarely get a migraine unless I'm stressed. Stress seems to be the likely indicator of my migraines. 

However, I have put on close to 10 pounds over the last 6 months. At first, I thought I was stressed wedding planning and maybe I over ate or just gained. Then, I blamed the honeymoon and all the food we ate. Now, there is nothing to blame and I cannot understand why I can't get rid of the extra weight I've gained. I've cut back on food, I've exercised, and even took up running some with Dustin. 

Nothing works. I can't drop an ounce. 

I finally started researching online about my preventative. What is one of the major side effects? WEIGHT GAIN! 

So, I called my doctor and looks like I'll be weaning off this medicine to start a new one. I've done lots of researching this time so I'll be more informed when we decide what I need to go on now. 

I'm excited to finally know that there really is a good reason why I've gained the weight and why I can't get rid of it. I'm a little scared about weaning off the medicine because I hear it makes you very irritable and I'll most likely get quite a few migraines in the process. 

neurologist

I went this morning to see the neurologist for the headaches I've been having lately. He prescribed me a daily preventative and a new pain medicine. I start the preventative tonight, so hopefully it will keep me from getting so many headaches. None would be excellent!

 I have an EEG scheduled tomorrow and a MRI scheduled Wednesday. I've never had either done before, so I don't really know what to expect. 

Kinda nervous!!

headaches

I hate to be a complainer, but I have been down right miserable this past week with these headaches. They have progressively gotten worse. Yesterday was the worst with a headache lasting from about 11 am until I went to bed. I do not have a high tolerance for pain and the prescriptions I have been given so far don't work that well.
I talked to my doctor yesterday and she thinks I need to lay low for a while. I'm entirely too busy with something going almost every night after work. I'm gonna let most of my activities go for a while to see if things improve. At this point I'll try just about anything to make the pain go away.
Also, I have an appointment with the neurologist monday morning. I'm happy to finally *hopefully* get some answers and some help, but I'm also very nervous.

random friday post

Happy Friday!! I love Fridays at school because I have an almost 2 hour morning break! It's such a laid back day for me. Plus, we got to wear jeans! Even more laid back.

Last night, Dustin and I went to dinner with our friends Jennifer and Matt. It was a mexican and margaritas kind of night! She and I took a funny picture, but I haven't uploaded it yet. It might make a good wordless Wednesday post! What do you think Jen?

Ok, this post is completely random, but....those of you who know me IRL and the ones that follow me on twitter know I have been having some crazy bad headaches for about the last month. Over the counter painkillers wouldn't touch it! I finally made a doctor appointment last week. She prescribed me something that we both thought would work. I've had 3 headaches since and that medicine doesn't cut it either. It's so hard to do my job (teach 20 preschoolers) with a killer headache!

So, long story short, I've been in contact with my doctor several times over the last 2 days and she is referring me to a neurologist. I'm nervous and scared because I don't know what to expect. But, I'm also happy to go so they can pinpoint the exact problem *hopefully* and give me something that works! In the meantime, I'm getting a new prescription today to try. We will see!!

Also, one more random thing....my cousin Caroline took some pictures of Dustin and I over Christmas. I'm using one of them to create my save the dates. It's gonna be so cute. I can't wait to show them off!!