Today, around one o'clock, I realized that I had a headache. That may sound weird, that I 'realized' I had a headache, but I lived with a headache for the better part of a year, and I am very good at ignoring my body. So at one, after an incredibly stressful foods class (it used to be my favorite... then we got new groups. Now, it will be much, much harder to enjoy). At first I thought that I was just needing food (despite the fact that I have become a pro at eating breakfast). But after eating it didn't get any better. (We did make delicious spiced cream puffs filled with peach cream that will probably be food blogged later. They were delicious!) Anyway, so then I had a break, and thought "maybe a nap will help" so I regressed back to my freshman like ways, and took a nap in the library. It was not very comfortable, and I think the angle of my neck didn't help. Next time I'll try the nursing annex in one of the ladies' rooms.
I struggled through my 1 1/2 hour class, wanting to go home, but knowing I needed to be in class, to absorb even a little of what he was saying. By the time I got home, I had a full blown migraine. I tried to take some medicine and lay down in a semi-dark room but the nausea/light sensitivity/noise sensitivity was horrible. I determined that I was not going to dinner group/book group, and that I needed more help as I was just getting more and more sick feeling.
Shortly there after I was... driving the big white bus... (aren't you glad I shared?) Luckily, in the last 6 months, I've learned how to hold my own hair while I toss my cookies (it's a real skill, you know.)
As I rinsed my mouth out (thank goodness for mouthwash), I decided to call my home teacher. He's always saying to call him if we need anything, and I always tell him that I probably won't ever call, but thanks for the offer. But, because I knew he was sincere, I called and asked for a priesthood blessing. Twenty minutes later, he and another young man from my ward (who is actually in my dinner group which ) came over and gave me a blessing. The second guy came on such short notice he didn't even put shoes on.
As I was waiting for the guys to come I realized that this was why I came home from my mission. Not for some 'fake' headache, but because I was exhausted from serious pain for months on end (and from side effects from meds that didn't really help much). And while 5 hours of a headache/migraine put me out for the count, I had survived, and kept working through 8 months of that kind of pain! I was one tough cookie! I can do hard things!
After the blessing, I went and put on my jammies, and laid down for a while. I was finally able to relax, to let some of the stress out of my body, and I just lay there and prayed that I would have enough faith for the blessing to take effect and that I would feel better. The boy from dinner group brought me a plate of dinner (since he cooked) and when I got out of bed, feeling 100% better (not, mind you 100% well, but at least better) I had some, and it was delicious!
I'm so thankful to feel better, I'm thankful for a good home teacher who doesn't make it hard for someone as stubborn as me to call for help, and for a friend who would come over on a moment's notice in his socks. And that I don't have a headache every day anymore. That was miserable!
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