I had a migraine yesterday that lasted 24 hours. It wasn't the longest one I've had, but, it was the worst. I blame it on having my Metformin cut down. New doctor thinks you can abuse Diabetes medicine. Which I think sounds retarded. I've been having trouble ever since he did that. I had an appointment with him yesterday but, I had to cancel because I was too sick to go to the doctor. If that isn't stupid, I don't know what is. Lissa was fine, she can fend for herself or go next door to be cooked for and waited on. But, the animals needed me. She can't really help me with that, no one can, because they all eat differently. Ba Ba Toons is still on formula, but, not the bottle. Baby Kitten can manage canned cat food, but, she can't drink by herself yet, so she gets a bottle. The chickens are all picky and have to be let out at dawn to find their own food and fed various grains later in the day. I stumbled through it. Nothing would make me neglect them. It hurt like hell though and I got confused and shoved a bottle in the Coons mouth, he looked at me like wtf? So, I realized I was off track and took the bowl away from Kitty and gave it to him and bottle fed her. Then I went back to bed until evening, when I did it all over again.
The Coon has become an escape artist and no amount of locks or wire will hold him, so I gave up. He's been free for days. But, bless his little Coon heart, he realized I was sick and he stayed right by my side, patting my hands and licking my face all day long. He only left me to go potty in his cage. Then he came right back and snuggled up. Aww, he is such a sweet little demon. Not so little anymore. I'm feeling better, but, he's still loose in here. Playing now. Tearing up packed boxes and chasing the kitten. Indie only came in to eat and stayed the night because we had a horrible storm. I felt so bad for my chickens, they were scared. They have some solar lights out there, but, it was still scary. And poor mama Cass, my big chick, couldn't get out of the mud, like the rest of them. So, she is just so dirty and I still don't feel well enough to give her a bath. She's just glad to be free now. They stay in the yard, so I don't cage them in the day anymore. Should be lots of fat worms washed out by all the water today. Good eatin' for a chicken.
Yep, she's staying. She just fits in here so well and fears nothing. We renamed her, but, stuck with the Trailer Park theme. She's Luci Bubbles now. I figure it will serve her well if she ever wants to become a pole dancer. If you can resist something that looks like this with big blue eyes, more power to ya. I can't. So, that's my life. I am recuperating, slowly. I read all your comments in the last post and I need to answer them all. What else is going on?
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Migraines suck the life out of you! I've only had two as bad as you described. I feel so much sympathy for those who have it chronically. Im glad you are feeling better!
I didn't know you were on diabetic medication. I was diagnosed in March and the meds - specifically the metformin, immediately made me sick to my stomach, vomiting, shakey, sweaty, headaches. Along with drastic diet changes and a lot more exercise, my numbers fell incredibly fast and I weaned myself way down on that stupid pill. Soon I had the Doctors approval to go down to a 1/4 of what he had originally prescribed. I hope to be off meds soon. Going to try some bitter melon. Not eating bread - SUCKS!
Why did he cut back your metformin?
He said it could be abuse of a substance if you take too much. I had a high dose and took it at every meal. He cut it down to half the dose and once a day! I feel awful now. It was working for me with no problems. Now I get headaches, my feet swell and tingle and I have those fits you get when you need food. They come on fast. I keep cottage cheese handy. That's protein I can eat fast and come out of it. It's awful, like a coma, slash, seizure. I hate it and I think he made a mistake by cutting me down so much. Diabetes is no fun. He also told me I can't foot wrestle with my Coon anymore or I could lose a foot. Bullshit. I was fine before he took over. As for their stupid exercise plan, OMG, I am active all the fucking time. I have trouble just sitting still for a while, it was something I had to learn to do. I'll bet I do more physical stuff than he does any day.
Oh, and as for bread, I do really well with carbs. I know I'm not supposed to, but, I process carbs just fine. Good thing because I love bread. I have to lay off the fruit, which is what I lived on for a year after that surgery. I think your body tells you what you need and don't. You just have to listen. You know? Another thing he hates is me going barefoot. I hate shoes. But, I have promised to wear my flip flops even in the house and I did buy special protective gardening shoes. He says any injury to my feet (like an accidental Raccoon bite) could cause me to have an amputation. But, I've read up on it and I don't believe I'm at risk. I just need more Diabetes meds.
Have you ever tried drinking Gatorade to help with your migraines? Something to help with electrolytes?
Showed the girls the pic of your blue eyed pretty kitty and they immediately fell in love! So now Im sure it will Round 10 of "when can we get a kitten?"
My Doctor has me on 500mg of once daily Metformin and its an extended release formula. Maybe you can ask your Doc for an extended release dosage? It really sounds like you need more of it! What you describe is no way to live daily life!
I've read lot about Bitter Melon - which is described as mimicing insulin and/or expediting the delivery of it. Don't know if you have access to an asian food market. It also comes in a tea and caplets. Im looking forward to experimenting with it but you have to be completely off metformin or it can drop glucose to dangerously low levels.
My Doc is a GP and Im thinking I want to go see an endocronologist too.
Lauren, I've heard that might help, but, I can't swallow when I get migraines. I have a bad swallowing reflex anyway and when I'm sick I just can not swallow, even water.
Connie, this is the first I've heard of Bitter Mellon and I'd try it if the Metformin didn't work so well for me. I just need to see the doc and tell him this low dose isn't working. The Clonopin stops me from a full blown seizure though. It's still not pleasant. You always see people feeding Diabetic comas with orange juice. That makes it worse for me. I need protein. Two big spoons of cottage cheese and I come right out of it. Weird, but, it works.
AND GET THE GIRLS A KITTEN!!!!
PS..GET THE GIRLS A KITTEN!!! I'm on their side.
Luci Bubbles has such beautiful eyes and how sweet is little George Cooney. He's going to take care of you. I'm so sorry about your migraine. With sinus, TMJ, and bulging disk in my neck, I kinda live with a headache, but no migraines.
Connie45, congratulations on lowering you diabetes meds. I wish I were strong enough to stop eating carbs. But I would kill for a piece of fresh baked homemade bread. I have NO will power.
DD, I'm going to tell you about my husband's diabetic foot problem. I used to take care of his feet because they were always bothering him. He had a callus on the bottom of his foot that I couldn't control. I worked on it all the time. The callus cracked and opened and from there on, it was all down hill. We did everything to take care of that foot. Fast forward, he ended up with an open sore. It was the size of a half dollar and about 1/2 to 3/4ths of a inch deep. The drs. wanted to amputate the foot but I knew he would have hated that so they started using vancomycin (a very strong med). The open wound started healing, but the dementia was horrible. I also believe it hastened his death. But that damned wound was almost completely heeled when he died. Lesson learned from the story--PUT ON YOUR DAMN SHOES AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET!
I am so sorry you have been in such tremendous pain, Pat. It sounds horrible. I can't imagine what it took to get up and take care of all your animals with all that going on. You are amazing.
It's adorable how little George Cooney was trying to comfort you. He was probably so worried about you.
I am so glad to hear you are keeping that little kitty. Little Miss Bubbles has found herself a great place to live.
Wishing you healing and comfort, Pat.
Christina
I forgot to add, Jane, I think you are my long lost twin. Sinus problems, a history of TMJ, and a bulging disc in my neck. Sinus has been bothering me today, and my neck has been terrible.
It's too damn hot here again, too. This afternoon it was about 103. This is such a weird year.
Christina
I'm so sorry. Did you get diabetic after the hospital visit? When I was in hospital for a month for many of the same reasons as you, I had roomie after roomie who had foot issues. Ron had everything in the world wrong with him, but not foot issues.. My mom was not diabetic and did not have foot issues. Me, I've got foot issues of tingling and hurting. I don't wear shoes unless I have to, and then sandals or slip ons so I can slip them off real easily. Or boots in weather appropriate. I mentioned my feet last year to doc and he didn't want to do meds. I don't know what the problem is but it is bearable. I read the other day about putting feet in bucket of hot water for migraine. It really is the practice of medicine, the art of medicine. But I don't like being a test animal, and your doc needs to understand that you are not an experiment either. It's you who suffers, not him/her.
I really didn't know you could abuse metformin. I mean, as to what result. But I think of abuse as using it to have some sort of high. Maybe I'm not using my metformin right. I'm not good about taking my meds as I should because my slep pattern is so off.
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