Notes for a Wednesday

I become immediately defensive when I hear a health care professional say, "I don't think you have migraines/fibromyalgia/etc," because. Because it casts doubt on MY perception of my own body. I have probably read more raw information on my own conditions than this doctor has; I know studies, sample sizes, methodology. I know what drugs are coming and how they interact with the neurotransmitters and blah blah blah. It's a sensitive subject, it's almost always men who drop this bomb, and it's worse when they seem to mean well. "It's good for you to be able to be proactive." And yeah, after 5 years with blinding sick headaches, I'd love to be able to feel like I can control them. I've just heard that line too many times, y'know? It's up there with "lose weight and you'll feel better," it's the dogma that you hear when you're a woman in pain. Frustrating.

This ends with me dumping water up my nose from a neti pot. GOOD TIMES.