It's me, Charity

Last year during the Spring I posted a question on facebook, trying to find some information on how others prevented migraines and dealt with them. It ended up being a fairly popular post, and I learned that it's not just me that deals with Migraines frequently. I've learned a few things in the past year, one which has had a HUGE impact on my Migraine activity, so I thought I would do a post to share some tips and tricks I have learned along the way. Initially I was looking at prescription medicine as a way to help prevent my migraines. I tried a popular drug prescribed to me by my Dr. I didn't last 4 days taking it. How such a small pill can make someone feel so dizzy and loopy I don't know. But it did. It was TERRIBLE. I decided I would rather have migraines than feel like that! About mid summer I got a second Chiropractor who gave me the great tip of using ice packs on my back. I started using them on my neck and my face when I was wanting to have a migrai...

 As I've mentioned before I'm trying to keep my face out of the sun to prevent any further sun damage. Its going well but I noticed that my face and neck were a ghastly white compared to the rest of my body. I decided to buy some facial self tanner (Jergen's FYI) and am quite pleased with the results! Granted it does smell a little bit, but it has helped even out my skin tone, and best of all it has really helped me go almost bare faced! NO foundation and just a tiny bit of powder when i feel like it! Hurray! Perfect for the sweaty summer!  Life has been busy with Teaching and extra curricular activities for my students. Miss. S. had her 18'th birthday party at a blood drive a few weeks ago so I went to that and enjoyed the cake and pizza even though I couldn't donate.  And the week before that was her Highschool graduation! Sniff, sniff..  Had a dinner adventure with Audra and Addie. Addie is all about that thumb,   Bout that thumb, no p...