It has come to my attention that I have not given a migraine update in entirely too long (remember, kids, if you don't post it on Facebook or Google+, it didn't really happen), and after last night's, this morning's, and this afternoon's events, now seems as good a time as any.
It started yesterday morning with some dizziness, head fog, some neck pain, and general "feel bads", but nothing severe - no clutching a trash can and praying-to-die type of pain. I was able to get quite a bit of cleaning done, laundry, general womaning, etc.
During dinner, the dizziness increased significantly. Throughout the evening the pain and head fog continued to become more severe. I went to bed early, only to later get up and try to find a more comfortable position - a process that was repeated several times throughout the night. I realized shortly before 1:00 this morning that any plans I had for today were going to go to poop emoticon .
At 5:30 this morning I checked my tablet and definitely knew it was only going to go downhill from there. Nothing made sense. I was looking at the words, but had apparently lost the ability to read (this is called "aphasia" and is a symptom of complex migraine with aura).
When Harold got up I wanted badly to explain what was happening, but every time I went to open my mouth, the only words that seemed to want to come out were "frog hat" (aphasia). This is something Harold has never been around whilst happening, and I was mildly afraid he might think I have Tourette's, so we played an early morning game of charades. I think it went pretty well, and he caught on pretty quickly.
But FROG HAT. This here is the silver lining. Other people would be really upset, but I find it hilarious. This isn't just silver lining, this is GOLD. From now on, when I have nothing I can add, or perhaps I need a bad word, I'm just going to say "frog hat". It's multi purpose even.
"I am so Frog Hatting peeved right now!"
"You know what? Frog hat. I'm done."
"Get the Frog Hat out of my face!"
Can't think of what to say? Frog hat.
Frog hat.
