Articulate-To express in coherent verbal form; give words to: couldn't articulate my fears.

I haven't been able to articulate my feelings nor my experiences from the past 3 weeks.

Myth: I thought I had fallen into a migraine trap after my most recent neurologist appointment (Wednesday, July 19). That wasn't the case. I think I may have leaned toward that scenario as it has precedent.

I must have caught some sort of virus or bacteria or germ. I felt icky for a few days then a full blown migraine landed onto the aircraft carrier of my brain cells with nary a metal shaving lost. Whoop de doo ;-(

Over the course of a few days, I was unable to do anything, My usually, fairly neat and tidy house now bore a striking resemblance to my teenage bedroom! (insert creepy Psycho music here).

We had an appointment with the bug guy to spray our house. I had postponed it twice but Herb managed to get us a Saturday appointment so he would be there as a buffer between the bug man and me.

{little bit squeamish part ahead}

I was vomiting, and had diarrhea. When needing oral medication in a situation such as this, you find it easier to just toss the tablets directly into the toilet and forget the middle man (which, I suppose, is me!)

My wonderful hubby bought me ginger ale and strawberry jello. I subsisted on that for a while. I knew I was getting better when I saw the mess I made in the kitchen upon waking. Yup, Ambien allows me to sleep eat! Just what I need!

Back to more serious matters. After realizing this episode was not migraine specific, it dawned on me. I must have a virus or something. The digestive problems would not allow me to garner any benefit from any of my daily medications.

I went cold turkey off of a long acting narcotic, Paxil CR, Diamox, Synthroid, Inderal LA, Ambien CR, & short acting narcotic. Purely unintentional. I couldn't keep anything down or up, depending on the disgusting body function which was all too ready.

After consuming a bottle of Immodium AD, I was finally seeing (and feeling) the benefits of my medications again.Since I was off of both the medications I need and the ones I wanted rid of, I just reintroduced the ones I need.

I had blamed this episode on my neurologist but I see now it wasn't his fault. It was just a stroke of back luck causing me to be so ill.

I am still not 100% better. I think this one is going to take its toll on me for a while. Please be patient with me. I will try to get back to my normal self as soon as possible. I miss you guys!

OK...I just dozed off in my chair and awoke with a start. That sounds like a perfect excuse to end this entry. Hope to hear from you soon!

Love,
£eslie