Headaches

I have never really suffered from any headaches in my life - except of course the occasional hangover headache! I always considered myself quite lucky that I didn't have to suffer from them, especially once I was diagnosed with Acromegaly and found out that one of the symptoms of macroadenomas (pituitary tumor) was debilitating headaches / migraines. So many Acro's suffer from these headaches to the point that they cannot function and nothing takes the pain away some days. I feel for them, and really wish there was more that that can be done to help ease their suffering.

Since Operation Peapod Extraction, especially since I got out of the hospital, I get little headaches throughout the day. They aren't debilitating, but for someone who never had headaches in the past, it takes a while to get used to, and it's a little concerning that this may be part of my life going forward. I mean, seriously, who wants to 'get used to' having headaches all the time!?

Let us not forget I'm hypersensitive now after having a 15 day CSF leak! The first clue was the wickedest headache in the world! And the leaky faucet, otherwise known as my nose! And my nose has been, well, runny. I keep telling myself it's the cold, allergies, etc. But what if.... what if I have another CSF leak? Then what? More hospital time? Another surgery? What?

Most of the times, the headaches are triggered by loud noises (and 4th of July is around the corner, yippee!), raising my voice too loud (which will help to keep me calm and teach me more patience when the dogs are bad!), bright lights, weather / pressure changes, bending over, ... and sometimes, they are just there! I am still learning all the triggers, but I am hoping that each day the headaches will get less and less.... they have decreased a bit, but they are still here every day.

Yesterday, I went down to the beach to watch the sunset, as the sun got a little brighter towards the end, my headache got a little worse. Normally, being on the beach can calm everything down inside of me, but yesterday, I couldn't get passed the pressure in my head. As amazing as the sunset was, and always is, there was that nagging tug at my head that just wouldn't let me relax. Aleve and Motrin don't work on the headaches, so my next step is breathing exercises and meditation to help relax my head - because who wants to constantly be popping pills if there are better alternatives!