Several years ago my mom went to Urgent Care with a vicious migraine. They put her on oxygen for 15-20 minutes and the migraine, rather remarkably, went away. Then last month an article was published reporting that using oxygen helps resolve cluster and migraine headaches.
So Mom got a prescription for oxygen from Dr. Wendt, my neurologist, and it was approved! Got delivered yesterday. Would like to say more, but at the moment I feel like there's a long, thin needle piercing the bridge of my nose and exiting the back of my head and met 5/6ths of the way back by another long, impossibly thin needle piercing the back of my head. Rather painful. Can't really think. Too tired to fight the pain and write everything out. Will finish this later. Ow ow ow ow ow. dammit.
10 Feb
So I'm finally finishing this post. There have been some big, winter storms that have played havoc with my head.
I haven't used the oxygen yet. The first time I tried it the new-plastic smell of the nose piece was so intense my head leaped immediately from a 5 to an 8 and I got a little dizzy. The tubing has been airing out in the office ever since and I'm wary of trying it again.
It is absurd that I now have an oxygen tank. I feel like an 80 year old with this thing in my room. Oy.
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