get rid of my headaches

I’ve been suffering from headaches for six years since I had brain cancer. The doctors give me some pills which work some of the time, while other times they do nothing. I have Parinaud’s Syndrome and my eyes don’t work right so I’m in constant eye pain. Wish me luck on ridding myself of this burden that has pretty much destroyed my life.

I am on week 2 of 30 mg. And hopefully I am staying there. So far, I have been headache free for 2 weeks. I have a stress headache (very small) occassionally at work. But, nothing chronic, nothing debilitating.

Working on this with the doctor’s help. Figured out that I have had chronic headaches for the past 20 years. I’m on a new med, and titrating it up. As of last week, I can go 2-3 days without a headache. Now just trying to get med right so it’s fewer and I don’t feel drugged.

BTW – This on-going journal entry.
Jun 26 – Warnimg shadow
July 17 – 12:30 (midnight) – Level 2 – 10 minutes.
July 17 – 10:30 (morning) – Level 2 – 10 minutes.
July 18 – Pain Free
July 19 – Pain Free
July 20 – 7:30 – Level 1 – 10 minutes, 9:30 Level 4 – 20 min
July 21 – Pain Free
July 22 – 3:00AM – Level 3 – 20 min; 8:30AM – Level 7
July 23 – 3:00AM – Level 3 – 30 min; 11:40AM – Level 2 – 20 min
July 24 – 1:30A – Level 3 – 30 min 11:30A – Level 2 – 30 min
July 25 – 3:00A – Level 3 – 30 min
July 26 – 12:30A – Level 2 – 4 hours
July 27 – Pain Free
July 28 – 12:30A – Level 2 – 20 min 2:30A Level 2 – 20 min
July 29 – 1:30A – Level 3 – 20 min
July 30 – 10:30A – Level 3 – 20 min
July 31 – 7:30PM – Level 2 – 20 Min
Aug 1 – 01:30 AM – Level 3 – 30 Min
Aug 2 – 2:15PM – Level 1 – 10 min – 7:30PM Level 2 – 30
Aug 3 – Pain Free
Aug 4 – 1:00AM – Level 4 – 30 min
Aug 5 – Pain Free
Aug 6 – 10:30A – Level 1 – 10 min 2:30P – Level 2 – 20 min 7:30PM – Level 2 – 20 min

This cycle was very good.
Number of Days – Improvement
- August 2008 count – 21 days;
- April 2008 count 24 days;
- August 2007 count 45 days
Number of Headaches – Improvement
- August 2008 count – 23 Headaches;
- April 2008 count – 32 headaches,
- August count – 45 headaches

The plan:
1. Magnesium – 400mg twice a day.
2. Aerobic exercise – 30 minutes on the elliptical “seems” to result in 12 pain free hours.
3. Iced Coffee – Really seems to help as a last resort.

Last week had a couple of shadows – not headaches not eve any pain – more like when the AC blows across your arm except behind my eye

Today the first of the cycle started around 11:30 – it doesn’t hurt – well, it hurts but it’s no bad.

So it’s June 26th – That makes it 35 days early. Could be over in three weeks. Could be over in six weeks. Maybe by Halloween. Maybe Thanksgiving. Maybe Christmas. Maybe never.

Here’s the plan. If I have em at Christmas, I gonna quit my job, sell my house, cash out the 401K. Go to Vegas.

Predictability is the only good thing – It seems I can predict the spring headaches pretty well.

The next set will be this fall and should start around Aug 1 maybe as late as Aug 15. And should last until Sept 15 although I can remember having them all the way to Thanksgiving day.

Calling it complete for now will reopen it in Aug and track it.

For the most part, they’re gone. I don’t get them really bad and debilitating like I was for a while there. I just hope they stay away, especially with this year’s allergy season. So far, so good! Complete! (By the way, medicine-free! I got medicine, but I never took it, for whatever reason.. and hey, look what happened anyway!)

This cycle ended three weeks early – must be doing something right. maybe I can stop going to the gym twice a day for a while

Sorry to bore you folks – trying to keep my journal entries here for a while.

Mar 31 – Pain Free 4 days – Last year headaches lasted till April 15 – 45 days – Feels like they are over after 30 – this is an improvement – yea, baby – gettin my mojo back!
Mar 30 – 82 two hours
Mar 29 – shhh! it’s been 58 hours
Mar 28 – went 33 hours w/o – wow, PF day.
Mar 27 – went 30 hours w/o – had another 11:30 and another at 1:30
Mar 26 – 12:30AM (half hour) – it feels like this is the last day (fingers crossed)
MAr 25 – 4:00AM (hour)
Mar 24 – 2:00AM (hour) 10:00 (minor – hour and half)
Mar 23 – 6:00 AM (half hour) another at 8:00 (half hour) then off to work out.
Mar 22 – 6:00 AM (hour) another at 8:00AM (hour)
Started elliptical at 9:45AM for 64 minutes. � Another tried to start 10:30AM while working out
Mar 21 – No Headache
Mar 20 � 2:30 AM (4 hours-killer) 10:30 AM (about half hour-not bad)

Mar 19 – No Headache (elliptical 64 mins at 6:30AM)
Mar 18 – No Headache (elliptical 75 mins at 6:30AM)
Mar 17 – 10:30 (about half hour) & 2:30 (6 hours)
Mar 16 – No Headache
Mar 15 – 2:00 AM 6:30 AM 10:30AM (each was about half hour) started the Mag today
Mar 14 – No Headache
Mar 13 – No Headache
Mar 12 – 10:30 (about half hour)
Mar 11 – 10:30 (about half hour)
Mar 10 – 7:30 AM 10:30 AM (each was about half hour)
Mar 9 – No Headache – just felt crappy all day.
Mar 8 – 8:30 AM (about half hour)10 30 AM (Lasted 3 hours)
Mar 7 – 7:30AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM (each was about half hour)
Mar 6 – 7:30AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM (each was about half hour)
Mar 5 – 7:30AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM (each was about half hour)