Today I woke up with a headache behind my right eye. I take a lot of ibuprofen and have been trying not to use it as much. When I say take a lot, I mean I would take 12, 200mg pills a day. I had a snow machine accident a few years ago that I still have pain from and then this summer I unloaded 1 truckload of dirt for my garden and 1 truckload of gravel for a project. That left me with a trick elbow.
Back up in Alaska when I had the accident I talked to my doctor about the ibuprofen and he said that that was fine for a few days but give my liver a break. About a month ago I bought my 3rd bottle of 500 tablets and thought to myself that I need to slow down on the stuff.
(That's what MY doctor said, go get your own! )
So when I had this headache today I first drank 3 large (LARGE) glasses of water. That just made me have to go pee, a lot! And I still had the headache. So then I had some breakfast of sauteed mushrooms, I was going to do a egg/mushroom thing but the egg part made me feel queasy so it was just the shrooms. That caused its own problems and lets just say that I'm thankful for indoor plumbing!
I then took a hour nap and that helped a little bit. Drank some more water and now the headache is almost gone. And my liver is happy.
So that was my day. How was yours? I hope it was better then mine.
1 year ago
I had a good day, even though babies were crying at story time this morning! When all the toddlers left, my work day became better...more relaxed so I could finally THINK! I love babies, but not when they cry.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you had a migraine - when you say it is behind one eye that is a symptom of migraines. You may not get them all the time but they do run in our family Get off the drugs!
ReplyDeleteWith my liver not doing well from who knows what reason.....try asprin. Or better yet boil some water, add some willow bark, steep for at least 30 min. strain add honey and drink, you can do thst up to four times a day. Had a Dr. tell me once to eat as much asprin as it took to make my ears ring than back off till they didn't and that would cure the headache....I tried it and that worked too but not to sure that it was safe to do daily.....get your pain checked out pain is not good and self medication is definately not good
ReplyDeleteSorry I hate those kind of days. My pain reliever of choice is aleave. It works well for body aches and join pain, not too sure about headaches.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a better day today.