Ooof. I am on my second day with no Advil. I have had a lame 2-4/day Liqui-Gel habit for about 3 years and yesterday my doctor told me to cut it out. Consequently, I feel as if my skin is being torn off, my head is being hammered in from behind, and like I ran a marathon yesterday. Doctor? Can taking Advil really be worse for me than this? Yesterday all I could do was lay on my couch and groan. I had to have someone cover the last three hours of my shift....sad and pathetic.

You see, I get some fierce migraines and have continually for the last 11 years. If I start to feel a little twinge in my right eye - a sure sign that a migraine is coming on - and I take a handful of advil, it usually interupts the headache. This has turned into a daily thing because I live in fear of these monsters. If I get a migraine, I am unable to talk, let alone wait on customers and make lattes. These headaches have been a big source of grief and anxiety for me. Ugh. If you know someone who suffers from migraines, give them a hundred squeezes today.

My doctor gave me a new medicine to try - others in the past have failed. The thing is, I have to wait until a migraine is well and truly on it's way before I can try it, and then it may or may not work. I have honed my Advil habit so well that I can almost always trick the headaches into submission. This'll be a VERY hard habit to break, especially since my doctor said I will likely get rebound headaches. Let the fun begin!!

I promised I'd post a picture of my new fancy hair for my mom. Here you go, Mom! This is what it looks like now...it was a little blonder and longer back when I got it done, about 6 weeks ago....