Bad News

Much to my disliking... I've had a headache (with some migraine tendencies) for the past 9 days. It's a bit too reminiscent of last summer for comfort.

In the past few days the pain has become so intense that I haven't been able to sleep at night or get anything done during the days.

I went to the doctor on campus yesterday, who referred me to a neurologist. I had to wait 4.5 hours at the neurologist's after being told to hurry there because he'd see me right away. I waited there in excrutiating pain while he helped other (African) patients who showed up much later than I had. He did a brief examination and instead of writing me some scripts right then made me wait in a loud/bright lobby for another hour and a half. What made matters worse was the fact that by the time he finally wrote the prescriptions and we had settled my account (having to pay nearly $100 to have him write the scripts for me), the pharmacy was already closed so I had to spend another night in misery.

Surprisingly I was able to sleep last night... I think the exhaustion helped me overcome the pain at least in short term. I went to a pharmacy this morning and got the prescriptions filled... a "migraine" medicine that is simply naproxen, some sleeping pills, and some patches to put on my neck which has been very sore. Another $80 spent on prescriptions and here I am. I'm still in pain, but I'm trying to be optomistic.

I have a ton of work to do, and it's really hard to make myself do anything when I feel this way. I'm going to have to try, and hopefully succeed. Wish me luck, and keep your fingers crossed that this headache goes away (without 12 weeks of pain passing).