Welcome Back

Hello, real world. Glad to be back aboard.

I've been sick pretty much all week. I think I peaked today. I spent much of the day in a drug-induced (yes, legal as long as I buy less than three boxes a month) haze. Mostly I was sleeping. What a way to waste a Saturday, but I feel semi-normal again. My headache is back to a dull-ache and I can breathe out of one nostril. This, folks, we call progress. The worse, however, is yet to come. I think the husband has caught it and you know how men are when they are sick.

What's your Cure?

I get a lot of headaches. I'm usually either feeling one come on, trying to ward one off, seriously stricken with one, or rarely, recovering. It used to be that I could sleep one off. That doesn't work anymore, I wake up and it is still there. As close as anyone can figure it is from jaw-clenching and teeth-grinding. When I had my last bout of jaw trouble I made a big effort to stop. I've sort of backed off and the short relief from the headaches is gone. So, I regularly try: ibuprofen, Tylenol, all over-the-counter migraine stuff, sinus stuff, sleep, hot compresses, caffeine, beating my head against the wall. What other tricks are there that I'm missing? It's become a big deal now that I work every day and need to function.