Friday, December 01, 2006

Counter forces

First thought this morning was 'Hey, it's Friday, hopeful 2nd 3/4 dose day', shiny horizon, glitter glitter. Then... wait... my head, whoa... is it that time of month already? What? No, I won't believe it. This is nothing... I've got plans today, things to do, preparations to make, driving... I'm supposed to drive today!

Hello, counter forces,
Keeping me on my toes, eh?
Well, all right...

Float like a butterfly,
Sting like a bee,
Bring it on baby,
Drop me to my knees.

I've got patience,
I've got courage,
I've got vicodin,
I've got pillows,
I've got this bed to keep me afloat,
I've got no way out, by choice,
and I'm not scared of you anymore! (scream mime scream)

4 comments:

Not Blank said...

How'd you get Vicodin? Just curious, think that would help 3 problems: pain, # of potty trips/day, & possibly sleeping!
Well, it's 4:40 - time to take some other pill or two.

Ample said...

When the extreme migrains showed up at around 5 months, my doc gave me a prescription. It's tylenol base and doesn't always do the trick, but always helps some. It makes my legs a bit wobbly and seems to be a bit hard on my stomach, but when "The Headache" shows up I'm not complaining. It doesn't seem to help with the sleeping (relaxes me only to the point that I can lay still, for hours, but still awake). I've been taking Lunesta (2mg) since about the 6th month and that is a real life saver for sleeping. Actually gets me to sleep, I may still wake up around 4am (potty break) but can usually fall back asleep.

Anonymous said...

Educate me here. You both mention potty breaks. Is this a coincidence or a side effect of treatment I never would have thought of? Just curious.

Ample said...

It's from all the water we're so thirsty for (and that they tell you to drink to help with the other side effects)... so we're peeing all the time... but insomia is one of those other side effects... and midnight potty trips just don't help... eh... just another rock and a hard place.