Unfortunately, it appears that cheese is off the menu. I used the left over naan (https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/low-carb-naan-bread-with-melted-garlic-butter), put mozzarella, chicken, and garlic between two pieces, then grilled them. Kind of like a quesadilla, or a grilled cheese sandwich. (It was delicious.) However, about two hours later, I realized I was developing a headache, that then rapidly […]

Ended up with a migraine this week. Given the circumstances, having a migraine surprised exactly no one. One of the things that I have read in blogs from other people who have migraines is that they can’t skimp on sleep. They’ll cheat on other things, but not on sleep. Guess who didn’t get enough sleep?

I did have a migraine this week. I think. I’m counting it as a migraine, though I’m not 100% certain. It happened on the first day of my cycle, which is when I traditionally have a migraine. But it was a strange migraine. Let me explain. My sweetie had a cold all of last weekend,

The bad news: had one migraine this week. It was hormone related. The good news: Had only one day with a really bad headache, despite being sick! This is nothing short of miraculous for me. Generally, when I come down with any kind of cold, I also get non-stop headaches and migraines. Not this time!

I love reading short fiction. I grew up reading “Omni” and “Asimov’s” and “F&SF”. I almost always buy the “best of” anthologies in mystery, SF, F, and literary. (I almost always read them, as well! I’m a bit behind in my short fiction reading for this year. I blame that on the anthology workshop, as I’m still just

Last week, after three months, I added eggs back into my diet only to discover I was really allergic to them. This week, I added back in dairy. The result was…mixed. Unfortunately, I added four types of dairy all at the same time: butter, soft cheese, sour cream, and hard, aged cheese. I didn’t have

Tried eggs for the first time in three months. Based on my reaction, eggs are now permanently OFF the menu. Started off with vertigo and pressure in my head. The reaction wasn’t that bad at the start. I wondered if perhaps I had merely a slight sensitivity, and I could have eggs now and again.

I only ended up with the one migraine last week, last Monday, which I already reported on. I did have two headaches this weekend while camping. The way I judge the difference between a migraine and a headache is by paying attention to secondary symptoms, such as light sensitivity, noise sensitivity, tinnitus , etc. Or

For those of you not playing along at home, I realized that for May, I only had 4 migraines. FOUR. Which deserves pompoms and lots of cheering, especially considering that the month before that I had twelve migraines. And on average, I usually had between 8-12 migraines per month. Only having four is nothing short