Bob Cramer's Blog

Michele Bachmann and I don’t see eye to eye on most things, but reports that she is a fellow migraine headache sufferer caused me to take a new look at the compassionate side of conservatism.    “I feel your pain” is an appropriate response for this insipid neurological disorder that impacts 12% of the American population and in a mere blink, can really mess up a good day.

My relationship with migraines dates back to when I was 10 and my parents got separated.   I will spare you, my loyal reader(s), my long history with what I used to proudly refer to as the “genius” disease (of course, I conveniently overlooked that migrainers are “more likely to have depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other pain conditions and fatigue.”  Yikes.)  Fortunately, my headaches these days seem to be less often, less intense and less of a worry than they used to be.   Maybe it is this blogging thing that is doing the trick.

Just to be on the safe side, I am actually awaiting a special package delivery of three new boxes of my migraine medicine, a special concoction of pink and yellow pills appropriately named Migraleve.   This mild mind-altering medicine is available only in England, sold over the counter, and has made minor criminals of many family and friends who journey to that tabloid crazed country.  I kid you not that one of my “drug dealers” stayed at the same hotel as Rupert Murdoch this past weekend, and she was able to avoid the paparazzi and having her phone hacked and made it back home in one piece, with the goods.     

I keep my little pills in my wallet so I am prepared at anytime for a migraine attack.  They say that migraines have little triggers that you can watch for. It can be what you consume, like too much red wine, too much coffee, too much chocolate (all the fun things, of course).  It can be too much or too little sleep, sex, or other things on the proverbial plate, like, in Mrs. Bachmann’s case, wearing high heels.   Whatever the case, I wish Mrs. Bachmann and all the other migraine sufferers out there plenty of headache-free days and pain-free nights.