All this Andy H chatter got me going.... I am in 4th week of 1st time ch's.  Last night i grabbed a frozen piece of salmon to ice down my head after getting a ch., was amused that the cold was like hurting yourself elsewhere to take your mind of the actual pain... counterpain?

Anyway, i ate the salmon so nothing in the freezer, not even frozen peas so I grabbed a cold diet pepsi to rub on my temples tonight.... thought about the Andy Story and so I chugged the fucking soda out of pure frustration.

Within 5 minutes the pain was aborted at least 60% so I went out at 2am and had a cigarette since i figured to be awake for a while.... still up so i'm chatting here.... now pain free from last attack.

Did the diet pepsi work?   I dunno but I'm gonna feed the beast another one tomorrow night.... I think everybody here is great... i didn't want to take the damn fioricet anyway although I did 3 hours before the attack, maybe the diet pepsi was just icing on the cake... either way... a temp crutch for me until I can get some uniformed clinic to give me o2.

Love to all and PFNAD's     (i have been so depressed knowing what I know about the beast now but after tonight, i feel like i have been given at least a tool or weapon to throw at the fucking bastard when he wakes me up....  ) i'm a little cranky now being awake but at least it don't hurt like the icepick man cometh!

PS> the caffein has me going now...  i need a project at 242am and tv is a bore!  thanks again to all for this site... 

Pleasantly revived......... One Blue Dog!   

BlueDog wrote on Nov 16^th, 2008 at 6:05am:

Ya had me worried there for a minute.  All I could see was a vision of this pain ravaged guy standing in his kitchen alternately chowing down on frozen salmon and holding the remnants to his head chasing the whole mess down with a cole Pepsi 

Rant away Blue Dog.  That's what this place is for.

-Dennis-

BlueDog wrote on Nov 16^th, 2008 at 5:42am:


I had a good chuckle over this.  I used ice packs during the hot weather, thinking the cold may shrink the veins.  But in reality, I think it is the "counterpain" or just something soothing on a hot day LOL.

I however think a very cold glass of water has helped me a bit.  It can be lemonade, iced tea, or anything (I don't like carbonated drinks).  I'm not sure if it's the numbing effect by a cold drink, but I filled a plastic cup with ice cubes and let it live in the freezer, plus bottled water in the fridge.  

I thought, if my theory is correct about "numbing some nerves", maybe ice cream may work!  Instead of chilling my tummy in a hurry with ice cold water, maybe eating ice cream helps like cold water does!  Well, it gave me something to do, at least.  I don't do sweets, so it was work for me.  And the pain from ice cream is another counterpain LOL.  Cold treatment didn't help THAT much, but I thought it was better than nothing on a hot day.

I think I'll cook salmon for dinner tonight.

I don'tlike the tase of Red Bull, but Loca Moca Coffee Energy Drink is really good.
On smoking, doesn't that dialate the blood vessels? I thought I remembered the people at the blood center saying not to smoke after giving blood (I don't smoke, anyway). I just checked with my hubby (a nurse) and he confirmed that smoking dialates the blood vessels. That means if you take an abortative medication to constrict the vessels to stop the CH and smoke a couple of cigarettes, why bother taking the medication?

I think Ueli explained this a while back.  As I recall, the CO in cig smoke binds with the red blood cells, preventing them from carrying O2.  Since the brain is being robbed of O2 it calls for more blood flow, thus dilating the vessels.

DP never helped me, maybe b/c I was a big soda drinker already, but those new giant cans of monster energy drink (with like 6000mg taurine in the whole 3-serving resealable can) reduces the chronic redness in my right eye for about 12 hours and seems to help hits a bit.