Dreams.

Nearly every night for the past few weeks I've had dreams about the first day of school--all of them bad.  Either my students refuse to listen to me or they put a substitute in my room because they don't think I'm a real teacher or I forget to go over classroom procedures or any given combination of the three.  I really hope these dreams aren't prophetic.

Options.

I've been playing phone tag with the doctor.  He's ultra dedicated and likes to make phone calls after 9 P.M.  In case you don't know, I don't answer my phone after 9 P.M; that's bedtime.  So I haven't started any new medication yet.  I'm still just on all the stuff I was taking before I went to the new doctor.  However, Mom sent me a link to a news video about neurostimulators made specifically for headaches.  In the past they sort of Macgyvered stimulators made for the back to work for headaches, but now there's one actually made for the head.  It's sort of a big deal.  I considered the retrofitted one some, but then it never happened.  Now that this has been developed I have a-whole-nother set of options to consider.  I haven't done much research, but it's a new procedure and the doctor doing all the research is in Dallas.  That means I can't even pursue it until next summer, but it's definitely something to be thinking about.

Here's the link if you're interested: ttp://video.foxnews.com/v/1081807854001/new-technology-treats-migraine-headaches

Update--finally.

The last time I blogged I promised an update on my upcoming doctor visit.  I do realize it's been quite a while since then.  The problem is the new medicine the doctor prescribed for me makes me super sleepy, so I've been using all my free time to sleep rather than blog.  I talked to the doctor about it a couple of weeks ago, and he said if things didn't get better soon, I'd just have to try something else.  Unfortunately things haven't gotten better.  I actually stopped taking the medicine yesterday because I've been too sleepy to function and have way too much to do to sleep all day.  The clinic has a really neat e-mail sort of thing, and I sent the doctor a message yesterday, so hopefully he'll get back with me tomorrow about trying something new. 

I really like the doctor, though.  He sat and talked with me for an entire hour during my appointment.  He didn't write me off when I  handed him my list of the 40 medications I've tried, and he was able to think of a handful more that I can try.  So all in all it was a good experience, and I really hope he's able to think of something that will help.  Thanks to all of you who have asked how it went.  It means a lot.