Rosemary for Remembrance

Several times in the last two months I've had runs of 3-4 migraine-free days in a row. This never happened. Never. The new med we added to the mix in early summer seems to have helped.

Neither my doctor nor I is happy with the number of different drugs I'm taking. I suggested we start a slow taper off the one I hate worst, Lyrica, which steals my words and my brain and causes continuous weight gain, plus the exhaustion that keeps me from exercising much.

Well. Last night I had the worst migraine I've had in over a year, and the painkillers didn't work. Usually I take preventatives all the time and abortives in the event of a migraine, and the result is that migraines sap me but don't hurt a lot. Last night I was thinking over and over, "I wish I could die", for hours, and vomiting frequently. Today I'm still in pain, although bearable.

I think Lyrica stays in the granny box at its old dosage.

•  The cat is back home; the vet pulled 9 teeth and said he should go see an actual kitty dentist after he's healed up in 6-8 months.   She (the vet) said grimly that the teeth came out really easily, that for most of them there was hardly any root.   He's home, has performed the appropriate digestive functions, and is getting syringed morphine as needed and purring a lot.
• Husband found and lit the pilot light on the oven.  Cancelled repair visit, hurray!
• Comcast Internet keeps crashing, so scheduled a new repair visit for Sundahy, boo.
• The World Cup announcer just shouted "They got it right!  They got it right! YAAAY".  He was responding to the ref's allowing the third of Mexico's goals, the first two of which were incorrectly called.
• My reaction to the World Cup remains "pretty -- sometimes soggy --guys running around a lot".  I feel this is sufficient to have an informed opinion.

Net:  Number of repair visits constant, cat -9 teeth but + general mood.
What I am doing for the rest of today: NOTH (okay, dropping daughter at BART) ING.

Edit:  commentator "I think that Mexico realizes that having the ball is critical just now."  Good to know, good to know.