… or here’s to the Modern Gal’s health.
The Modern Dad is an emergency room doctor turned family practice doctor. I know what you’re thinking: “Wow, a doctor? What a handy thing to have around!” Well, kinda.
Growing up, it took a lot to get medical attention from the ER doc.
“Are you vomiting?”
“No.”
“Are you bleeding?”
“No.”
“Then you’re fine. Go to school.”
Let’s just say he missed a few broken fingers this way.
Anyway, my mom happened to mention to him yesterday that I’d mentioned to her that my recurring headache problem was back with a vengence and I’d been feeling like crap for quite some time now. So, I get a phone call from him and he tells me we’re having a doctor-patient meeting and he’s going to ask me a few questions. This is how it goes:
“So are your headaches increasing in frequency?”
“Yes.”
“Are you having more frequent migraines that include …. WOW! Ankiel just robbed that guy of a home run!”
“Are you having more frequent migraines that include …. WOW! Ankiel just robbed that guy of a home run!”
“Well that’s good to hear.”
“I mean, he caught that ball over the fence. It was out if he hadn’t caught it. Ok, Are you having more frequent migraines that include naseau.”
“Well, not more frequent, but I still get them once every other month or so.”
“Are you taking that … Ohhhhhhh, no. Hit up the middle. Guy’s on third. Wonder why that dude didn’t try to take second?”
“Dunno, Dad.”
After 10 minutes of this, I ended up with a prescription for migraine medicine that I already have, a prescription for some sort of fancy nasal spray to take care of the allergies which have taken residence in my head and instructions to go to the pharmacy and ask for the stuff they keep behind the counter so as to prevent drugheads from buying up the main ingredient in methamphetamine.
I’d been resisting calling my dad for medical help even though I’ve FELT LIKE CRAP FOR WEEKS because I kept blaming it on the lack of sleep/that bad-for-me meal I had/stress of my hectic life of late. Things finally settled down this week, and I’ve been taking REALLY GOOD CARE of myself yet somehow I felt worse because of it.
I haven’t picked up any of the prescribed drugs because I’ve gotten to the point where I hate taking them. They usually end up fixing one thing and causing some other problem. My mother the nurse agrees with this, even though she usually opts for the pills/more probs approach.
Anyway, my point is that I woke up this morning all of a sudden feeling kind of normal. I’ve stopped sneezing every 10 seconds. I don’t feel like a cow. My head doesn’t feel like it’s been removed and used as a bowling ball. These are all major steps.
I even felt well enough that I danced a little gangsta-style jig in the living room before leaving work, much to the Modern Dog’s horror.
Score one for the Modern Gal’s approach to healthcare?
Oh my, you are having the exact same headache problems I am! The allergies and pressure in the air have been killing me. The fancy nose stuff only provides a modicum of relief. Alas, I do not have migraine medicine but maybe Ishould ask about it.
Monday my head hurt so badly I had to leave work early, get the child, and call my husband to come home and watch her. I then laid in a dark room and took Tylenol PM and did not move. And still I could not sleep or have a lessening of pain. The nauseau kicked in and made it even more fun. I get these headaches about once a month and I know the drill: lie down in a dark place, no noise, no light, no movement, pray Tylenol PM works. I get regular headaches all the time and if I don’t take something in time they turn into one of these beasts.
I won;t tyravel without an adequate stash of headache stuff or Tylenol PM. I learned my lesson while on a family trip to WV where I came down with a bad headache and my dad had to go to a Wal-Mart in the middle of the night a few towns over to get me the PM stuff.
I am going to the dr. Friday and will see what she says. Sadly, she may be just as distracted as your dad!
All of my dad’s advice involves baseball, as well. At least it does if I call him during a Giants game.
Glad you’re feeling better, I usually have a similar approach!
I’m glad you’re feeling better too! Having headaches like that makes everything miserable.
I have a VERY hard time getting myself to take migraine meds. I’m obsessed with Sinol b/c it helps the runny nose & headache stuff w/o side effects. When I take migraine stuff I feel like it takes me like a week to get back to normal.
How did you not explode during that conversation?
Jacqueline: Good luck at the doctor!
Noelle: I have tons more stories about the way my dad gives advice. One involves a gazelle.
Allie: I haven’t found Sinol in the store yet, but I still want to try it. And I’ve got used to the challenges of communicating with my dad. He’s a pretty decent guy when you take away his poor communicating skills.
When I have a migraine I always take Advil Cold and Sinus first. It helps with the allergy type stuff although you DO need to sign for it like a druggy. Also I just discovered a new product from the Bath and Body store. It’s an aromatherapy “Headache” roll on and it also helps a little.
Good Luck!
My dad gives shitty advice! The headaches I can relate although (knock on wood) my sinuses have been doing quite well as of recently.