So I've been cultivating what I knew would be a really amazing migraine headache since Wednesday - if the headache part were ever to arrive. Well, it arrived late Saturday evening/early Sunday morning. It was total sensory overload with a lot of dizziness and nausea and allowed me the opportunity to spend some time throwing up. How thinspiring. While on the floor of our bathroom I noticed that our toilet was less than springtime fresh. I mean, it's a toilet so obviously I don't expect it to smell like pumpkin pie...but still...when you're sticking your head it there it should @ least be tolerable. Once I recovered from my migraine episode [which, in lasting five days I do believe that's a record breaker for me] I decided to do something about senor toilet and
I scrubbed the toilet with a toothbrush. I've never really understood why someone would do this as it seems inefficient and tiresome...but then, I think it's used as punishment in the military and such so I guess that makes sense.
As you can see by my gleamingly clean toilet, it does do a pretty nifty job. The small brush allows you to really get in there and discover all sorts of discusting-ness that was probably lurking in there even after you cleaned it. I guess this might not have been the most appealing thing for a recovering sickie to be doing, but I can't say that it didn't give me a great feeling of accomplishment.
[and yes, i know that i'm totally keeping it classy by posting a photo of my toilet on my blog. yee-ha. also, this item totally was on my original ET list.]
6 comments:
Wow. I'm impressed at your ability to turn illness into a new thing!
I love the duckies!
So glad to know you're feeling better.
Yes, I tend to get two to three migraine episodes per month - rarely more, sometimes less...so I should be used to it. Throwing up doesn't happen all of those times though so I guess this was extra special.
And I love the ducks, too. I never had them when I was little so as soon as I had a bathtub to call my own I bought a bunch of them.
I have suffered with migraines for almost 40 years. The last 10 years have been much better with the introduction of Imitrex. However, in the last year the migraines have almost disappeared. I have been taking large amounts of B vitamins, especially riboflavin, as a help with stress. My husband recently read that huge doses of riboflavin can help migraines. Don't know if it works for everyone, but I believe it sure helped me.
I'm on Maxalt for my migraines. It turns me into a total space cadet, so my dosage got lowered recently. I haven't tested out the low-dose pill yet, but I suspect it won't work.
That's really interesting about the vitamins/riboflavin...I'm just a big fan of prescription medication - damn the consequences!
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