This past week has been a tough one. I had a kidney stone and stressed myself and my family to the limits. After an ER visit and a lot of pain, the kidney stone is gone, but the stress is hanging on. My wife was exhausted all of last week and woke up a few days ago with shooting pain in her temples. She had a dull headache, but she could handle that pain. What she couldn't handle was the pain that would hit every few minutes and would cause a searing pain in both temples by her eyes. Her eyes didn't necessarily ache, but when the pain hit, it would stop her in her tracks. She hadn't dealt with this kind of headache before, so we were a little unsure of what brought it on, but we feel like it was the way she had her head resting on her pillow.
We have been using special pillows for years after our Chiropractor recommended them. At first they were really uncomfortable and took a while to get used to, but now we both carry them everywhere and have a hard time sleeping without them. We have found our adjustments "stick" much better after we started using them, and we found ourselves sleeping better. The other morning she had tilted the pillow against the wall and was laying on it at an angle. While laying there she knew that her neck was sore, but didn't think it would bring on a headache. About 30 minutes later the pain hit and she knew then that she should have adjusted the pillow back correctly. I think it frustrates us both that it is so easy to create issues in our lives, not just with MS, but just life in general. We seem to cause a lot of our own misery by not resting enough, trying to do too much, eating poorly and a number of other things. Sometimes we seem to be our worst enemy. :)
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hy my frend .im saeed and Live in iran .
Ihave ms about 4 year .
good louk for you and your wife.
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Yes, new life routines will come in handy. There is much to be explored! Give her my best.
I was diagnosed a year ago. Funny my week was a lot like yours since two close family members were in the hospital. He's stable now, but I've been having headaches for the last three days. Big loads of homework don't help. You are an inspiration for me and my husband. Hang in there, I'm sure we'll get better.
Best wishes.
Ah Cory, I must say that stumblig on to your site has been informative! I'm glad that I am not alone in these crazy things that seem to happen with MS. I find myself constantly wondering if it's my imagination or if it is accually connected. Has your wife ever experienced the sharp shooting pains in her collar bone by chance? This is something that comes and goes for me and freezes me instantly when it hits.
Hey Anonymous, I am sitting next to my wife right now and asked her about the collarbone pain. She answered with a resounding YES! She has been having this problem off and on for awhile now and it freezes her the same way. We are working on figuring out what is causing this now, because it seems to go up into her neck and shoots pain into her ear. Does that sound familiar?
Howdy, great blog - my wife was diagnosed about a year ago (hmm.. or was it two?) I'm quite interested in the pillow you mentioned, would you mind expanding on that?
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