This is seriously crazy... but ever since my back pain started, I've maybe had 2 migraines a month and those are absolutely due to changing hormones. Now, I'm not saying I'm happy because the back pain totally sucks and at least with the migraines, I can suck it up and still take walks, go to the dog park, shop, etc. The back pain hurts too much when I do those things so I can only do them periodically.
I still find it so interesting that my migraines come so infrequently. I'm wondering if it might be the anti-inflammatory medication (Mobic, Celebrex) I've been taking daily that is helping. I've also been taking a couple hydrocodone pills (one A.M., one P.M.) so maybe those just mask over the head pain. I don't know, but I'm still thankful that I'm only dealing with the one thing.
I had an epidural steroid injection on Tuesday of this week that is supposed to help my back by blocking the pain from that nerve that's being pinched by the degenerated disk. It gets worse before it gets better and I'm still in the "worse" phase, but I feel hopeful that this thing is going to work and I'll be able to take walks and do fun stuff again. I'll keep you all posted as to whether my migraines come back when the back pain is lessened. I'm hoping it will ALL just go away.
The good news is that because of the back pain, I am definitely making efforts to get my eating in order and try to lose weight. I started on the Jenny Craig plan several weeks ago and it's going great (6 lbs down so far). I think that better eating will also help my migraines. I've been careful to avoid anything that has known triggers in it. The JC plan has a lot of dairy in it though. I have been off milk for a long time and just used Soy milk for cereal, etc. I have been trying to go back to regular milk for the last couple months and did notice after one day where I really drank all the milk required that I was pretty stuffed up the next day and had a mild headache. I wonder if I may have a mild allergy to milk, or maybe a little lactose intolerance (I don't get an upset stomach or anything though). I'm going to be monitoring my intake of regular skim milk and see how my sinuses and migraines do. If it's obviously affecting me, I'll definitely need to find a much better solution to get that calcium and protein.
No more migraines,
Kelli :)
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