So yesterday I managed to get or give myself one of the worst migraine headaches I've ever had. Not quite as bad as the legendary Dark Knight migraine of '08, but it did have the added horror of causing me to do something I haven't done in probably 20 years.
Yesterday I threw up, puked, vomited, hurled, you get the general idea. Truth be told it wasn't all that bad, and at least I felt better after the fact. Too bad it didn't get rid of the headache, but at least it took care of the nausea.
I suppose I should extrapolate on the DKM of '08, since no one really knows about it except Jenny. We went and saw the Dark Knight on opening weekend, and about halfway through I started to get a headache. This actually happens quite often during theater visits for me, (less likely when watching a comedy or light-hearted fare, maybe I'm clenching my teeth). Well there was no way I was going to get up and leave in the middle of the best Batman film to date, so I sat through the whole remainder of the movie with my head increasingly feeling like it could be mined for pure pain extract. Unfortunately the first Jenny found out about it was during the credits, when she found me drenched in pain-sweat and looking rather ill. I still feel bad for making her worry so much, she wanted to take me to the hospital, which I refused. Needless to say, she drove home and put me to bed. That was probably the worst headache I've ever had, and still no vomiting, so I'm not sure what happened yesterday.
I'm sure the fact that I consider regurgitation to be one of the most vile things your body will involuntarily do contributed to my long, successful (until yesterday) battle to not do it. I would pop Tums like candy to force down the upset stomach feeling, even though I'm sure ridding myself of whatever was making me sick at the time would have probably been quicker. I'm not sure where my reluctance originated, although I recently found out that my mom feels the same way, so maybe I got it from her.
"Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you", indeed.
Happy Birthday, Antonio Bay
1 day ago
Vomiting is one of the worst involuntary functions we have. It's great to try and get that taste out of your mouth isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt was probably just bad food.
Maybe ya ate something that already 'went off' ya know.
Maybe its partially from the weight loss. Your body is probably wondering where all the good food is.
Who knows. Feel better.
I spent the better part of a year feeling like I had to vomit every day. Still don't know what caused it. You are fortunate for avoiding it for 20 years. I have had a few bouts here and there of food poisoning or norovirus or whatever, and having school aged children ensures that whatever is going around makes it into the house.
ReplyDeleteJust know you aren't the only one who hates it.