The icepick in my head lingers

I recently blogged about an icepick sticking me in the head. It was ten days ago, actually. (This time I don't think I'll need any subtitle service. Heh.) Well, the little bugger still seems to be in there. It has mostly been taunting me, just ever so faintly letting its presence be known. I wanted to blog about it again, so I'd have a record of the silliness, in case I do wind up having to see my doc over this. I always stumble around when they ask me all those goofy questions. You know the ones - How long ago did this start? Did it hurt every day? What other symptoms have you had? I always feel like the worst mother when it is about the kids, because, all the details are so hard to remember. One time, when Shawn had pneumonia, I was meticulous about it, writing every detail, every flucuating temperature, every symptom, and every date down. And you know what? The doctor didn't even want all that information! Figures! Well, anyway, just in case I need this information, here it is.

It was this goofy icepick headache, really bad one day, then just quiet punctures for a few days. Then on Christmas Eve, at my mother-in-law's - I noticed I had a pain in my head! Cackle! I just had to say it like that! Really, though - we were sitting there and I noticed that I had pain actually on my head! It is right above where I feel the icepickness. (Like my new word?) And it feels tender and sore, and a little bit swollen, and oddly enough - a little bit numb.

Then I was blessed enough to have a migraine on Dec. 26 and Dec. 27, so I wasn't really clear on how much pain was coming from the icepick. Today I woke up and had my normal, everyday morning headache - but, that went away once I ate breakfast. I could still feel a little soreness - I always do after a migraine. But I noticed, also, that I could feel the pain on my head a lot more. But it was just on my head - not a headache. Here's a weird part - I was out on the balcony with Patrick, and the wind blowing made it hurt. That is weird. The best description I can come up with for it is that it feels like I've been stung by a wasp.

In the last two hours, though, the pain got worse, and was even making me dizzy and a bit nauseous. So I came to bed to work, and lean my head up against the wall behind my bed. Just having support for my head helped a lot.

I told my friends the other day, it is probably just some weird migraine tangent. And I imagine that is all it is. Migraines can do strange things to people. My brother's migraines messed up his eyesight. And I've heard other weird things, too. I just can't think of any of them right now.

In any case, here is my little record should I need it. And if anyone wants to pray that this 'icepick' would dislodge itself from my beautiful brain, that would be great, too. ;)