I chose this week's quotes because they are powerful reminders for me to choose to look at courage rather than scars and to find humor in life's circumstances (quotes are to the left). I have, therefore, compiled Cyn's Top Ten List for Migraineurs.
1. I have absolutely no need for meteorologists for I am much more accurate at predicting changes in the weather. Rain is my speciality.
2. Like Gus on the TV show Psych, I have a "super smeller." My nose picks up scents that mere mortals cannot. (In addition, let's not forget the wonderful olfactory hallucinations of cigarettes, fire, natural gas, and poop. Yes, I said poop. I had a baby stay with me the other day, and I must have checked her diaper twenty times!)
3. According to a large number of people, I am lucky because I have nothing to do during the day but sleep and watch TV - which, of course, implies the eating of bon-bons. I am therefore waiting for my bon-bon of the month gift subscription to arrive.
4. Because I don't drive due to migraines, I never have to worry about traffic jams or crazy "Memphis" drivers! However, it should be noted that when a friend drove my car, a utility pole fell wrapping live wires around us ensuring that I don't miss all the excitement and danger of driving.
5. I am obviously on par with a superhero (such as the female equivalent to Batman) to my 17 year old niece who exclaims every time she sees me - "Look who has emerged from the bat cave!"
6. If there is nothing interesting to watch on TV, I can just watch the ever-changing manifestations and colors of my scintillating scotoma, and I have been caught tracking my floaters as they move around my vision!
7. Although I have not attended medical school, I probably know more medical terminology and pharmacology than most second year medical students. And more about migraines than the average neurologist!
8. Thanks to migraines, I have a very high pain threshold and find biopsies, spinal taps and badly sprained ankles to be little more than annoyances. In fact, the thought of a frontal lobotomy, treplaning or a guillotine actually sounds alluring at times.
9. Because my medical issues have necessitated my discontinuing hormone replacement therapy, I am now able to save a considerable amount of money on blankets and heat.
10. I use to live my life governed by my calendar which has now become superfluous since my doctors all call to remind me of my appointments. Anything else I forget to do can usually (legitimately or illegitimately) be attributed to brain fog.
4. Because I don't drive due to migraines, I never have to worry about traffic jams or crazy "Memphis" drivers! However, it should be noted that when a friend drove my car, a utility pole fell wrapping live wires around us ensuring that I don't miss all the excitement and danger of driving.
5. I am obviously on par with a superhero (such as the female equivalent to Batman) to my 17 year old niece who exclaims every time she sees me - "Look who has emerged from the bat cave!"
6. If there is nothing interesting to watch on TV, I can just watch the ever-changing manifestations and colors of my scintillating scotoma, and I have been caught tracking my floaters as they move around my vision!
7. Although I have not attended medical school, I probably know more medical terminology and pharmacology than most second year medical students. And more about migraines than the average neurologist!
8. Thanks to migraines, I have a very high pain threshold and find biopsies, spinal taps and badly sprained ankles to be little more than annoyances. In fact, the thought of a frontal lobotomy, treplaning or a guillotine actually sounds alluring at times.
9. Because my medical issues have necessitated my discontinuing hormone replacement therapy, I am now able to save a considerable amount of money on blankets and heat.
10. I use to live my life governed by my calendar which has now become superfluous since my doctors all call to remind me of my appointments. Anything else I forget to do can usually (legitimately or illegitimately) be attributed to brain fog.
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