Thursday, February 9, 2017

4 Month Post Surgery

Month 4 had fewer debilitating migraines, but not fewer overall headaches.  One issue though was that I ran out of Gabapentin in the third week of January and so my quality and quantity of sleep really began to suffer.  And when I don’t get enough sleep or quality sleep, that’s a trigger.  Last weekend of the month I got back on it and started sleeping better immediately.  In a few days the headaches had calmed again. 

3 Month Post Surgery Update

Dr. Rose said that it would take between 1 and 3 months for me to notice a difference in the number of headaches.  Month 1 was bad, but I was trying to stay positive.  Month 2 I went from my usual 22+ days a month of headaches to only 15 days! But month 3 was back to 23 days with a headache.  Determined to still remain hopeful I decided to look at not just the frequency of headaches, but also the intensity.  While month 2 was again like most months pre-surgery, month 2 was an excellent month again and so was month 4.  I guess ultimately, the jury is still out.