Had a migraine yesterday. It was caused by a number of things: I generally get a migraine just before my cycle starts; I’d eaten too much sugar as well as alcohol; and I probably hadn’t drunk enough water with salt in it that day.
The good news, looking at my calendar, this was merely the second migraine for July.
Chances are, given that my cycle started today, unless I eat something I shouldn’t or I get sick or something, I will only have two migraines this month.
TWO.
In addition, I’ve only had three severe headache days, headaches that would have turned into migraines in the old days, but I know how to treat them now. In May, I had fourteen. In June, I had eight. It would not surprise me if I had at least one more severe headache in July. I may go out to eat at some point and get poisoned. I may forget to drink water at some point, or have a bad night’s sleep. Or I may not.
Still. Only three or four headache days in July as well?
The diet is working. I’m making serious progress in terms of my health. I can’t tell you how exciting it is to have my life back. To know that I may have only a few days when I can’t be productive. (And even yesterday, with the migraine, I was still productive, updating websites and taking care of other things.)
I am so much better than I was. I don’t trust it, still. I half expect for my health to suddenly disappear, like it did the first time. Give me a few more months like this, though, and I may grow to trust it.
In the interest of full disclosure: Last Tuesday I made the decision to have a meal that wasn’t compliant with the diet. I would make that decision again in a heartbeat. It was worth it.
However, I spent the rest of the week skating on the edge of compliance. It wasn’t a conscious choice, more like an “Eh, it won’t hurt.”
It does hurt. I wonder if I wouldn’t have had a migraine at all yesterday but merely a headache if I’d been more compliant all week. So this is something that I need to be aware of. The next time I make the decision to have a non-compliant meal, I need to be aware that that single decision may influence my decisions for the rest of the week and I need to be more thoughtful. (And again, notice the language there. Not that I’m bad, falling off the wagon, etc. Just a reminder to be more present in my choices.)
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