Broadband Access and New Smyrna Beach
Well, it took making it to the Orlando Airport to get back to a semblance of broadband access, and even that is an unsecure 54g connection that is coming in at "very low." Even T-Mobile is letting me down here, with no signal at the airport whatsoever. At least it is enough to blog for a moment or two while the wife changes a diaper in the rest room and gets some food (if you can call it that from McDonalds).
New Smyrna Beach was interesting. (By the way, I hope you'll indulge me in a little bit of a divergence from the migraine related disucssion for today). First of all, it is a city that seems stuck in the late 80's or early 90's. The rental car we had happened to have Sirius satellite radio, so we stuck it on channel 15 (Classic Rewind), and the music fit the mood. The place is condo heaven. Not so many hotels (and, as such, not so many free wi-fi points). Lots of older people (sexa- and septagenarians). Most of the restaurants closed down at an early 10PM, and, because of the stomach flu, our ability to sample them was pretty limited.
We did get to eat at a place called PJ's Snack Shack, which I would classify as something much better than a snack shack, maybe even a decent restaurant. On our second visit there, we had a wounderful waitress that was a transplant from NYC that made our visit very pleasant.
Our other night out was at a place called "The Garlic." This was, by far, the highglight of the culinary experience down there. Atmosphere was great, as was the four-cheese ravioli in bolognaise sauce. Yum.
As far as activities go, our condo was a hike across the street from the beach, which put a dampner on visiting the dunes, and the pool was eternally crowded. The deep see fishing was fun, though all I caught was a "grunt" and my bait over and over again. Ellie slept like crap, and, since we three were all sharing a room, that meant we *all* slept like crap.
Next family vacation will definitely be something different. Maybe a cruise?
Peace out,
R
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Thought I'd post a comment - so here we are! - and sorry, its kinda long.
I'm female, 26 and unfortunately I've got my dad's (and his mother's) migraine gene. I've been having migraines ever since I can remember.
It wasn't really until I was 19 that I took responsibility for my own health and took myself off to the doctor to get my headaches sorted out. [Looking back, I can't understand why my parents didn't push my cause with our family doctor, especially seeing as though my dad always suffered with migraines. [Interestingly, since turning 50 he has only had 2 or 3 migraines.] I remember a time when I was about 11 and almost every night laying on the couch watching TV with my left eye watering from the pain of a headache. I suppose they did what they thought needed to be done but I just kinda think about that sometimes. If I was a parent and had a young daughter in pain more days in a week than not, I think I would have been really demanding of doctors to get to the bottom of the problem, get second opinions. When I was 11 or 12, I was standing next to my mother when she was talking to her friend and they were talking about my headaches. My mother said "its probably just her age", implying that it was probably because I'm at the age of puberty and hormones creating imbalances or something. I remember feeling so angry inside and thinking "WTF?!! My age?! Heeeelooooo!! I've had headaches since I was 5 and you reckon its because I’m coming into puberty!! GET REAL!" ]
Anyway, I was 19 when I finally decided to get some answers and, buoyed by encouragement and concern for my health from my other half, I took myself off to see a doctor. The doctor (a general practitioner) seemed okay and actually sent me for a CT scan. I had that done but of course, nothing there (oh, there seemed to be a brain there thankfully, but nothing that shouldn’t be there). That doctor prescribed me 2 types of medication: Inderal (once every night) and Naramig (when a headache started). For some reason I stopped taking the Inderal (I think because I kept forgetting it). However, the Naramig has been my saviour.
Although incredibly expensive (US$13.50 a pop) I can’t imagine my life without it. I take it and sometimes within even just 20 minutes my headache slips away (even on ones that I know are going to grow into monsters).
Q: I see you have tried many a migraine drug – have you tried Naramig? Its a Glaxo drug.
However, sometimes it doesn’t work. I am yet to find out whether the failure is because I have left it too late into the headache before I take a tablet, or if the headache is just too strong.
Q: Actually, I’d appreciate your opinion on this – why do you think some medications fail when other times the same medication works wonders?
I literally feel like I could run a marathon after my headache goes after taking Naramig. I think they have uppers in them. I feel so happy (well, overjoyed) when my headache goes. I kinda feel like a junkie when I have conversations with friends and family about how good it is.
Another thing I think has helped with my migraines is having my other half, who, no matter how tired he is, always obliges my request for a head massage. (I never ask for a head massage if I don’t NEED it. You don’t wanna wear saints like him too thin!) How good is a head massage combined with Naramig – it’s a death blow for my headaches.
Q: Its my understanding that Naramig (being a beta blocker) works by restricting the nerve ‘tunnels’, so that the pain nerves can’t get through is this correct? Or is it more correct that it restricts the blood vessels? I should look that up myself actually. I should know how the thing actually works.
I had a book (which I subsequently ended up leaving on the seat of a train one day in a rush to get off the train as the doors were closing) about migraines that my other half picked up at a local good will store. It was a recent book by an apparently world-renowned migraine specialist who is a Professor at Sydney University. I think from memory the book was called “Migraine and Other Headaches”. Reading the book was both mind blowing, fascinating and perplexing to me all at the same time. It answered so many questions that I think all migraine sufferers think in the back of their minds (is it because I ate that, maybe I shouldn’t have drunk that, could it be because I bent down too quickly to pick up that pen). But as many questions that it answered for me it raised double the amount of questions. I did find most of the medical stuff difficult to understand but fascinated me. (I’m really sorry I lost the book because I had just finished it and was just beginning to do a double read to gain a better understanding.) I think since reading that book I have thought more along the lines of the medical side (physiological side?) of headaches, rather than simply taking it for what it is (ie a big pain in my head).
Anyway, I hope I might be able to continue posting comment when I can. I tried some months ago to start my own migraine blog – I posted one entry and haven’t been back. I thought reading other migraine blogs would be better for me.
Sarah
Sarah:
You're welcome here any time. I'll try to get to some of your questions and comments in a real post, instead of a comment-- that way the casual reader might get something out of them, instead of just the comment spelunkers!
Thanks for reading and posting. I really found your comments insightful and-- to a great degree-- analagous to my experiences.
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