Today, I Botoxed!

While getting ready to leave this morning, there was a good omen: a bit of randomness from the conservative morning talk show guys.

"When I'm at a stoplight I love sitting and watching all the people texting and dancing in their cars to Steely Dan and Pink Floyd."

Yes, that's right. They're all dancing to Steely Dan, especially those nice Hispanic gentlemen with brass knuckles in the low rider.

By 8 I was at the doc's office and by a quarter after I was in the chair. The procedure was quick, obviously; just a couple needle pricks, and since he used a very small needle I didn't really feel it. I heard it, though. On a couple there was a faint whisper and then a tiny pop, like a popped balloon, when he withdrew the syringe. In a strange way those sounds created an image more felt than seen of a microscopically tiny jet of air being streamed in to my forehead at a terrifically high speed, building a large bubble, until the syringe was empty and the bubble burst with that 'pop'.

 Don't feel any different yet. Should take 3-5 days  before any effects start showing up. So with any luck I'll be celebrating with a box of chocolates next Saturday. :) Although these injections don't necessarily mean I'll stop my other migraine treatments. This Botox - if it works - is like a pause button. I get a respite from the pain so I can do all the things I can't now: exercise, cook, physical therapy, and get out of the house. There are about 3 billion things contributing to my migraines and those still need to be addressed if I want to be healthy and in control of these nasties. Having Botox injections every 6 months for the rest of my life isn't a solution - but it's an awfully damn nice stop gap.




(I should correct myself and say that it was more than just "a couple" injections. There were 3 in my forehead, a couple over each jaw and then a couple more over the actual jaw joint. Then several along the back of my shoulders and neck.)