Re: Grateful for the migraine?

[Guest guest]

Patti -- maybe the ice cream is telling you something as well!! with a

migraine, you want to slow the blood flow to the head, so putting ice packs

around the neck or base of the skull is suppose to help - maybe that's where the

ice cream comes in (chilling your head!)...

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From: Patti L <pattilbear@...>

weightloss

Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 2:16:44 PM

Subject: Grateful for the migraine?

The last IOWL podcast I listened to, talked about a listener who began

to manage severe allergy symptoms by " thanking " them for protecting her.

She didn't know from what. But just protecting her. She said thank you and

let's work together to handle this differently. said she did similar

things to get rid of migraines. She started thanking the migraine for the

gift it was giving.

I started thinking about my migraines. What could they possibly be giving

me??? Well, I know I get migraines when I don't drink enough water. So, is

it safe to say thank you for reminding me to drink water? Thank you for the

immediate notification that I am heading toward dehydration. If you look at

it that way, it's a pretty nice thing my head is doing. Because dehydration

can do some pretty bad things (remember my gastric bypass? Water is REALLY

important to my system.... kidney stones, bladder infections, bowel

obstructions. Some really bad stuff comes from not drinking enough

water.) So, thank you, migraines. The next time one comes on, I'll do

some deep breathing and thank the pain, be nice to it and release it. (and

drink lots of water)

Sounds pretty good, right?

Well, that was yesterday when I was pain free.

Right now.... my head hurts. It's really hard to be grateful for this

terrible mass of pain behind my eyes. I am drinking lots of water. Even

though water is the last thing I want. I want ice cream. I don't want to

close my eyes and breathe deep and thank the pain. I don't want to be nice

to it. I want to rip the pain out and stomp on it. Then I want to shoot

it. Then I want to hang it from the highest tree. Then I want to throw

rocks at it. Then I want to shoot arrows at it. Then I want to yell at

it. (all while eating ice cream) This lousy stinking pain!!! I don't want

it! I don't need it! It couldn't possibly doing doing anything positive

for me!!! How could something this painful be good for me??????? There is

no logic in that statement.

Gimme drugs! Now! Or ice cream. Same thing.

Patti

[Guest guest]

That's the best excuse I've ever heard of for eating ice cream!

Ice cream has always been like medicine to me.... it cures all. colds, flu,

headaches, depression, anxiety, loneliness. You name it! It's a trigger

food.

I was mostly joking about the ice cream.... although it does sound good!

Patti

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Colleen <collrobinson@...>wrote:

>

>

> Patti -- maybe the ice cream is telling you something as well!! with a

> migraine, you want to slow the blood flow to the head, so putting ice packs

>

> around the neck or base of the skull is suppose to help - maybe that's

> where the

> ice cream comes in (chilling your head!)...

>

> ________________________________

> From: Patti L <pattilbear@... <pattilbear%40gmail.com>>

> weightloss <weightloss%40>

> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 2:16:44 PM

> Subject: Grateful for the migraine?

>

>

> The last IOWL podcast I listened to, talked about a listener who

> began

> to manage severe allergy symptoms by " thanking " them for protecting her.

> She didn't know from what. But just protecting her. She said thank you and

> let's work together to handle this differently. said she did similar

> things to get rid of migraines. She started thanking the migraine for the

> gift it was giving.

>

> I started thinking about my migraines. What could they possibly be giving

> me??? Well, I know I get migraines when I don't drink enough water. So, is

> it safe to say thank you for reminding me to drink water? Thank you for the

> immediate notification that I am heading toward dehydration. If you look at

> it that way, it's a pretty nice thing my head is doing. Because dehydration

> can do some pretty bad things (remember my gastric bypass? Water is REALLY

> important to my system.... kidney stones, bladder infections, bowel

> obstructions. Some really bad stuff comes from not drinking enough

> water.) So, thank you, migraines. The next time one comes on, I'll do

> some deep breathing and thank the pain, be nice to it and release it. (and

> drink lots of water)

>

> Sounds pretty good, right?

>

> Well, that was yesterday when I was pain free.

>

> Right now.... my head hurts. It's really hard to be grateful for this

> terrible mass of pain behind my eyes. I am drinking lots of water. Even

> though water is the last thing I want. I want ice cream. I don't want to

> close my eyes and breathe deep and thank the pain. I don't want to be nice

> to it. I want to rip the pain out and stomp on it. Then I want to shoot

> it. Then I want to hang it from the highest tree. Then I want to throw

> rocks at it. Then I want to shoot arrows at it. Then I want to yell at

> it. (all while eating ice cream) This lousy stinking pain!!! I don't want

> it! I don't need it! It couldn't possibly doing doing anything positive

> for me!!! How could something this painful be good for me??????? There is

> no logic in that statement.

>

> Gimme drugs! Now! Or ice cream. Same thing.

>

> Patti

>

>