Head Scan Results

Today I found out the results of the scan on my brain and its clear YAY very very happy dance. The worry was the constant migraines one every day for the past 2 weeks. I always suffered with them before dx and linked them to my hormones and monthly periods but since having cancer and not having a monthly I couldn't fathom what was causing them, I mentioned the fact that the migraines were increasing and they wanted to check my head just in case.  We still do not know what is causing them, it could be the drugs I am on or the lack of hormones and actually today I realised it could be stress. I don't feel particularly stressed at the moment but I think sub-consciously I must be!

Two weeks ago my dad had a stroke and was rushed into hospital, obviously this was serious so we (myself and partner) drove straight up to Bristol to see him, the first week he didn't recognise us and could hardly speak this gradually got worse and he was in a vegetative state, this was most distressing for all of the family, by the end of the second week he seemed to of turned a corner and everything started to improve, the lights were on and my dad was in, we stayed for 4 days then had to come home again, life has to continue, we have commitments, I think I've been holding in my stress in relation to dad for a while and its been coming out as migraines because when we returned home the migraines stopped. I had one everyday we stayed up in Bristol. I take sumatriptan which really works but makes me spaced out and dopey, not good when visiting my father in hospital. He has improved and will be transferred to Weston hospital where they have specialist facilities to help with his rehabilitation. We have gathered by now that this is going to be a long haul process and we hope and pray that his mental abilities return with his speech and his physical walking etc. In time these should improve. Its been a trying time and hard on all of us. I am just grateful that my brother had the presence of mind to phone an ambulance (even though my dad didn't want to go into hospital). The quicker you deal with a stroke the more you save of the person.

Estrogen madness and migraines.....

I spoke too soon, the dreaded migraines are back.... what a bummer!
I'm still taking the beta blockers and I've increased the dosage but I still suffered with an almighty migraine yesterday and spent the whole day in bed on a concoction of drugs including and starting with Paracetamol that didn't touch it so I tried 2 Co Codamol, they took the edge off of it but only for about an hour so after 3 hours I decided to take a Sumatriptan this finally got rid of it. I am trying not to take the Sumatriptan as it can cause more headaches the more you take it, a kind of catch 22 effect. Anyway feel ok today albeit a bit frazzled around the edges but at least I can get out of bed and get on with living.

I came across this on face book and found it interesting when I went through the list I realised I had and continue to have a lot of the symptoms listed, wish I'd found this before I got cancer it may have given me an indication of what was wrong with me. I used to suffer with migraines before I got cancer and whilst going through chemo etc the headaches stopped but they seem to be creeping back and unfortunately they are worse than pre cancer migraines. I wake up with them and feel instantly sick sometimes I am actually physically sick.

Migraines doing my head in.......

Yesterday I spent the whole day in bed the cause another migraine, accompanied by the usual vomiting and nausea, didn't eat anything until about 8 at night because of the sickness makes me feel like I don't want to carry on anymore dammed fucking headache it pisses me off so much, the only thing I can do is attempt to remedy it with a cocktail of drugs starting off with Sumatriptan which failed followed by 2 paracetamol and an anti-sickness tablet the sickness tablet worked but the paracetamol was just not strong enough ended up taking 2 codeine which finally hit the spot as well as knocking me out and making me feel totally spaced out and not on this planet. At my last onc appointment it was decided that I would have an MRI scan on my head just to make sure nothing sinister was going on in the upstairs department still haven't had an appointment time for this yet.

Needed a bit of a moan about it as it is getting me down. On the upside I managed to operate normally today and am enjoying a bit of cooking so going to have some lovely healthy root veg and lentil casserole with a piece of salmon and some watercress sauce yum yum xxxxx