Virginia Is For Families

Greetings, fellow Earthlings. Someone recently wrote that if you are looking for blogging material you should look in magazines. I tried that and was not satisfied with the result. National Geographic left me out in the cold. So in desperation I turned to the daily newspaper. And it has not let me down. You will recall we recently had a post that included Horoscopes for all twelve sun signs. Nobody was more amazed about that than moi. I would never have predicted such a thing would come to pass. In fact, next week it may happen again!
But right now we need to be serious for a moment. What about a medical health post just like they offer in the newspaper? One recent theme of this blog has been pain. Pain is something we often do not discuss. We endure. We suck it up. And we suffer in silence. I would like to suggest to you that it is not always a good thing to suffer in silence. Expressing our feelings about pain can actually help to heal the pain. How is that possible? Well, first of all it allows us to stop wasting energy on supressing our emotions. It takes a lot of strength to keep it all inside. People can tell, naturally, that we are doing this. But they may not understand why we are doing it. They may instead think that it has to do with them. Because everything has something to do with them. Or us. Depending on our perspective. So now not only do we have pain. We have someone who could be supportive who is also in pain. Pain spreads like fog on a river. And we are left alone and lost.

So let someone know if you are in pain. They may actually help you in some way. I experienced this the other day on this blog. There were readers who helped me a lot when I mentioned that I was having chronic pain. Some actually came out of the woodwork to do it. I loved hearing from them.

So this morning Dr Davidlind is going to give something back. Here is my recipe for dealing with a migraine headache. I had a migraine headache when I woke up this morning but it is already gone. Here’s how this medical miracle happened.

First of all let me caution you that I am not a real doctor. I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night but only because there wasn’t another hotel within fifty miles. And I woke up with a splitting headache. But I needed to get in the car and go. Did I take some heavy duty pain medication and drive? No. I did not. Narcotics are not the answer. The first thing I did was sit up in bed and look around. It felt like I was at the bottom of the room sized swimming pool outside. So far not so good.

It’s alright to start with some nondescript medication. Advil is a good start. But don’t depend on it for real relief. You are not in a television commercial. Immediately drink a cup of hot coffee. Then drink another cup. You will start to feel a little better. Now it’s time to get serious about dealing with this adversary.

At all times you should carry in the trunk of your car a case of Citrus Vault. This is a drink found in your grocery store that resembles Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is good for headaches because it has a LOT of caffeine in it. But Vault is Mountain Dew on steroids. You want to have a couple of these while you are getting dressed. If they have been on ice in your little refrigerator so much the better. You can rub them on your head while you are drinking them.

Now it’s time to decide who is in charge of your life. You can get in the car and drive. Or you can go back to bed and be depressed. Dr. Davidlind says you can show the world and Governor Arnold that YOU are the person who runs your life. Not some throbbing, nauseating head wrapping vice that is slowly tightening its screws around your tender brain.

There is only one thing left to do before you beat this thing into the ground. Get in your car and look for a Hardy’s. If you must drive into the next county then just do it. You really aren’t going to be well until you take all of the cure. Go into the “restaurant” and order four cinnamon raisin biscuits. You are about to go to sugar heaven.

Naturally, if you are diabetic you can’t go this route. But for some of us this is the way to deal with headaches that just will not go away. It may seem like a lot of calories and it is a lot. But it beats narcotics every time. And it tastes good too.