Well helloooooo.

I should be grading the mountains of papers that are facing me right now, but I can’t make myself do it. End of the 2nd 6 week grading period is tomorrow, and grades are due Tuesday morning. It’s been a tough period for me. I’m struggling with getting the kids to be more accountable and responsible for their learning, and I’m not supposed to penalize their grades or anything if they turn it in late or something like that, which isn’t doing them any favors.

Anyways, so I finally made it to the doctor yesterday. I actually was supposed to go last Monday, but they cancelled my appointment. When they called, they weren’t too nice about it and it was pretty last minute (my appointment was at 2:45 and they called me earlier that day… I had work off so I could go…) I also tried to get in when I was sick (the last time I posted) and figured while I was checking out my cough/cold issues, they could check out my head too, but they didn’t want to schedule any appointments past four.

Well, I decided that I didn’t need to deal with that. I looked more carefully at the doctors that we had access to through Jared’s insurance, and then looked at their “recommended” list and then researched them online. I found one that sounded hopeful, and isn’t too far from where we live and from the area we’re hoping to buy a home in in the not to far future.

It was a good decision. I felt like she was very respectful of my concerns and listened, and was really surprised that nobody had taken a serious look at migraines anymore. She said that my symptoms and having headaches every day were fairly classic symptoms of somebody who had not had migraine headaches treated properly. A normal person can take so much noise or triggers that cause a headache. For me, my tolerance has become so low that the smallest things are affecting me right now, or that’s what she thinks. So we are going to try a preventative treatment with a drug called Topamax. We’ll see how it goes. Another thing that we may explore in a month when I go back is the WNV that I was worried about earlier. I am also going to call the original doctor that I did a blood test with to see if they tested for Lyme Disease at that time. All of these aren’t exciting prospects, but I am just happy that I’m moving along with getting results and having people take this seriously, and not all in my head (ha, ha!).

Anyways, really, I should get started on grading. It’s taken me way too long to try and make this post.