*Gasp*...I...cleaned?

It has been a while since I posted...mostly because I've been feeling awful from being a lab rat while trying to find medication that works and that the insurance will agree to cover and meanwhile trying to afford it all. The word nightmare has come up a few times, sometimes with a train of explitives and usually attached to the insurance company. I would attach a smiley face here to show you that I find this (only somewhat) amusing but my husband tells me blogs are not the place for smiley faces. They are for chat. So I will refrain. ;) Oops. It just came out. I will promise not to "LOL" or "ROFL" or anything so wholly unbloggy as that.

On to the *Gasp!*

I cleaned today. Without a reason. There is no company coming over, so no, I didn't have to kill myself all day cleaning and resting and cleaning and resting and feeling terrible and getting nothing done and being stressed about the whole thing while expecting company. I actually felt well enough to clean and to play with my son while doing it. He thought it was pretty fun to help me vacuum the cat hair off the couch for some reason - meh - maybe I can capitalize on this some day, right? I might have done a bit much (I tend to get overzealous and overdo it when I feel well, it's a failing) but it felt good. I'm pretty sensitive to the smell of cleaners and stuff now, which I didn't use to be (I'm finding that I am with lotions and deodorants and everything that smells) so I guess I'm going to have to use up the cleaners and buy less smelly stuff.

I've been taking a string of new meds that could be the reason for the improvement, the Topamax, estrogen monthly, and Imitrex, but I honestly think it might be the magnesium supplements that have made the recent difference, combined with the Topamax I was already taking. And the side-effects have finally calmed down on that one too. It still seems like I've got about 2 weeks out of the month when I feel horrible (a lot of it revolves around my cycle) but the other 2 weeks are getting better, so that's better than what I had. Hopefully the estrogen will help with that.

Now that little guy's down for his nap I am putting myself on strict orders to take it easy for the rest of his nap. Absolutely no more work for the rest of his nap, preferable the rest of the afternoon. Ugh - feeling productive is in some ways my worst migraine enemy..."just one more thing...I need to fix it..."

***EDIT***

Apparently the hubbs says it is proper blog etiquette to use smileys. Just no "lol"s and such. My deepest apologies. m(._.)m And in the spirit I will leave you with Kirby.

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