Posted by Susan D (208.199.4.65) on August 11, 1999 at 09:29:12:
I don't know what has happened to me but if I find out that the quack I saw the other day did this with his stupid injections, I'm going to scream MALPRACTICE and take every dime the SOB has.
Yesterday after I left work, I went to pick up my son at my parents' house. I started to feel a little headache but decided to head home anyway since it is a 50 minute drive and I wanted to get it overwith. Anyway, about 15 minutes into the drive, I couldn't take it anymore. The pain in my head was so severe I would have to rate it as a 10+. My vision became very blurred but I managed to pull off the road and into a parking lot using one eye (half-open). I know that wasn't too smart and I should have waited at my parents house but ya live and learn.
Anyway, I pulled into the parking lot, turned the AC on full blast and proceeded to scream, kick, cry, punch and whatever else you can name for about 20 minutes until the CH started to let up a little. At that point, I was able to get the car back on the road and drive home.
Once I was home the pain was still there but probably only a 4-5. Usually when my CH goes away, it goes away completely until the next one. No such luck this time. I stayed like this for maybe 45 minutes and the damn thing was back full force again. My sweet little 11-month old was trying to make Mommy feel better by patting her head but that is DEFINITELY not what Mommy needs. After another 45 minutes of hell, I was back down to the 4-5 range.
I told my husband that I was going to go get some sleep before it got bad again but I should be so lucky. By the time I got ready for bed, it was back again! I guess that one was about 30 minutes. I have never had so many CH come so close together. I finally got to sleep somewhere around 11:00 and woke up various times throughout the night but didn't have any more 10+ headaches. I just had the dull 4-5 throbbing all night long and so far all this morning.
I just know something that SOB gave me the other day has to have set this off. I'm ready to call his office and tell him what a quack I think he is but I don't want to do anything that would not be best for me in the long run.
So what do you all think? Do you think whatever he did the other day could have set this off and what should I say? I will tell you I threw the medicine he gave me in the trash this morning which was nice considering where I wanted to put it.