Against the 'Graine

Under The Bubble

Friday, November 20, 2009 | Posted in

I hate it when my face feels like it's pressed behind glass. The pressure that makes my head feel like it's in a vice. That's what the quick weather changes do to me. Especially when a cold front blows through.

Changes in weather are definitely a migraine trigger for me and others. It's the most devastating trigger that I have, because you can't change the weather and no matter where you go, they've got some.

If only, we could live under a bubble! Since we can't control the weather, maybe we can control the "atmosphere". Here are a few things that I do, when the pressure is too much;

Find a nice dark and quiet place to lay down.
Use ice-packs on the base of my neck, to relieve neck and shoulder strain.
Meditate to relax as much as possible.
Grasp those moments of bubble time. Hold onto the little time that you have, without the pain.

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Life Filled With Love

Monday, November 16, 2009 | Posted in Attitudes, Family, LifeWorks

Everyone, I know, looks forward to the Holidays. Maybe not the in-laws, but definitely the Holidays. ;?) The Holidays... and the ones we love.

We take this time of year to celebrate achievements and to honor Love. We choose this time of year to to be with the ones we hold dear to us, the ones we love. It's a fact of matter; Everyone wants to be loved. We all need to feel we matter to those that matter to us.

The fact is, that the hardest person to love is yourself, but the key to finding love with others is to have a healthy self-love. As victims of an invisible illness, it can be easy for us to forget to love ourselves. Sometimes we feel as if we don't deserve a life filled with love. Sometimes our illness takes the love away from us.

We should use the Holidays to welcome love, and show our love to those in our lives. They deserve it, and so do we. Even the in-laws (or out-laws as I jokingly refer to mine).

The October/November issue of LifeWorks, discusses that finding the love for others means wishing them well, as we wish ourselves well. Some of the ways to "find the love" include: