1 day ago
Feb 20, 2008
Catch up...
I haven't really posted with news for a few days...the weekend was nice - on Sunday I got a surprise phone call - from my friend Hiromi!!! OMG we haven't been in touch for sooooo long. I ran into a friend of ours the other week and asked her to say hi to Hiromi for me - and then Hiromi called me :) Such a lovely surprise and we are trying to plan to get together! Her Daughter went to kindergarten with Susannah. Hiromi is Japanese and she is used to the Canadian accent but not used to the British accent so I'm always aware that I need to talk a little slower on the phone! Unfortunately she called a few minutes before Susies party was due to start - and then when I called her back, she was busy - so we still haven't planned to meet up but it will be so great! One day she walked over to my house with a home made cheesecake!!
Monday was Family Day which meant Lloyd had the day off :) It was a lovely relaxing day at home....Lloyd cooked a big roast dinner, we all curled up and watched The Last Mimzy together.....just pottered about all day here at home and it was lovely.
Tuesday was a Monday in my head because of the holiday Monday. Part of my book order arrived (I have to go into town to pick the rest up tonight - Mom I ordered the snowflake book at last!!) The children went back to school, I caught up with chores around the house - laundry and cleaning etc etc and Abigail did her school work...Sam played with his playdoh a lot.
This morning I had my doctors appt. Appt was at 11:15am. I eventually went in at 12:20pm!!!!!!!!! OMG what fun THAT was (not!!) My doctor has prescribed ALL new meds for me to try - so I am now on Topamax daily as a preventative.....100mg twice a day. Then I take Maxalt when I get a migraine...and if this doesn't help within a few weeks, then he has given me a prescription for BOTOX!!!!!!! Woohoo lol......well kind of! He will inject it into the normal cosmetic sites - around the eyes, between the eyes and in the forehead...it paralyses the muscles in the forehead which can prevent migraines (the ones caused by stress I assume????)
I'm a little worried about this idea - Lloyd of course thinks its hilarious that I may look stunned for a few days lol......actually he thinks its kind of cool that my Doc thinks beyond meds....and of course because Lloyd works with Pharmacists and Doctors all day long he straight away checks up on all the meds I am taking and gets all the thoughts of his colleagues ;) Not sure if that is a pro or a con of having him work for the EHR!!! lol!
The stress of going to the doctors...and missing lunch because of the wait time...meant I took my first maxalt this afternoon - they are kind of cool as they are wafers that dissolve on your tongue - much better than imitrex.....and they are minty......and the side effects have not been anything near as bad as with imitrex!!! So thats good already!
Date night tonight! I am sooooo looking forward to it :) Not sure where we are going yet though. I am looking forward to having my husband all to myself for a few hours away from here :) basketball season and birthdays are over with for a while and so we can get back to regular date nights :) hopefully migraine free :)
On a frustrating note though...my pharmacist Darren, suggested that I take just one Topamax tablet for a few days as they can have strong side effects and can make you jittery, make you tired.....slur your speech etc....so he said take just one a day for a few days and see how you are....so the plans I had for the next couple of days may get cancelled as I may not be able to drive. We WERE off to the science centre tomorrow for the day but maybe not now. Acne and weight loss are side effects of topamax - I'm kind of hoping for the weight loss but knowing my luck with side effects, I will get the acne and not the weight loss lol!
Ok off to tidy myself up for my hubby now :) Have a great evening everyone!
Monday was Family Day which meant Lloyd had the day off :) It was a lovely relaxing day at home....Lloyd cooked a big roast dinner, we all curled up and watched The Last Mimzy together.....just pottered about all day here at home and it was lovely.
Tuesday was a Monday in my head because of the holiday Monday. Part of my book order arrived (I have to go into town to pick the rest up tonight - Mom I ordered the snowflake book at last!!) The children went back to school, I caught up with chores around the house - laundry and cleaning etc etc and Abigail did her school work...Sam played with his playdoh a lot.
This morning I had my doctors appt. Appt was at 11:15am. I eventually went in at 12:20pm!!!!!!!!! OMG what fun THAT was (not!!) My doctor has prescribed ALL new meds for me to try - so I am now on Topamax daily as a preventative.....100mg twice a day. Then I take Maxalt when I get a migraine...and if this doesn't help within a few weeks, then he has given me a prescription for BOTOX!!!!!!! Woohoo lol......well kind of! He will inject it into the normal cosmetic sites - around the eyes, between the eyes and in the forehead...it paralyses the muscles in the forehead which can prevent migraines (the ones caused by stress I assume????)
I'm a little worried about this idea - Lloyd of course thinks its hilarious that I may look stunned for a few days lol......actually he thinks its kind of cool that my Doc thinks beyond meds....and of course because Lloyd works with Pharmacists and Doctors all day long he straight away checks up on all the meds I am taking and gets all the thoughts of his colleagues ;) Not sure if that is a pro or a con of having him work for the EHR!!! lol!
The stress of going to the doctors...and missing lunch because of the wait time...meant I took my first maxalt this afternoon - they are kind of cool as they are wafers that dissolve on your tongue - much better than imitrex.....and they are minty......and the side effects have not been anything near as bad as with imitrex!!! So thats good already!
Date night tonight! I am sooooo looking forward to it :) Not sure where we are going yet though. I am looking forward to having my husband all to myself for a few hours away from here :) basketball season and birthdays are over with for a while and so we can get back to regular date nights :) hopefully migraine free :)
On a frustrating note though...my pharmacist Darren, suggested that I take just one Topamax tablet for a few days as they can have strong side effects and can make you jittery, make you tired.....slur your speech etc....so he said take just one a day for a few days and see how you are....so the plans I had for the next couple of days may get cancelled as I may not be able to drive. We WERE off to the science centre tomorrow for the day but maybe not now. Acne and weight loss are side effects of topamax - I'm kind of hoping for the weight loss but knowing my luck with side effects, I will get the acne and not the weight loss lol!
Ok off to tidy myself up for my hubby now :) Have a great evening everyone!
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