Long Enough
Well, I guess I have taken a long enough blog sabbatical now.
SOOOOOOO much has happened in the gap. I have finally completed my postdoc and acquired a "real job". Maybe my parents can stop asking me "how is school going?" even though I have been out of school for two years. But geez, I have been in some sort of academia for 25 years! I am so excited about my new job. I don't have to be chained to the bench anymore!!! I was really starting to feel like a lab slave. No more failed experiments! AND it is in a real live city, NOT the middle of freakin' NOWHERE! As a friend of ours put it we will experience "Green Acres in reverse". There are SIX restaurants within walking distance of our new place, instead of no restaurants closer than a 20 minute drive. Although this temporary domicile is not exactly what we wanted, it will give us time to house-hunt and select a neighborhood to raise a family in.
I feel bad for the grad students in my lab. They are so down. So many people have left the group (willingly or unwillingly) and now the research funding is going south, and fast. It is rather tragic for anyone left behind. I hope, and pray, that some new funding comes through for them and that the new firstyears will bring some hope and spirit to the group. I won't be there to play counselor.
On the migraine forefront I get to try Lamictal again. I am starting it tonight in fact. My Stevens Johnson Syndrome bumps are now gone and I am going to try titrating my way halfway up to the dosage I tried before. The good Doc and I feel that this lower dose will be effective and avoid the side effects. A nice balance
Hunting. Well, I suppose I won't get to do that as often as I used to. And this fall I probably won't get to hunt at all. Oh well, maybe I will find some good ground in our new state.
Some good shows came to close since I went on sabbatical. The only talented cook on Hell's Kitchen won the show and Mike "Dorky" won BigBrother, as Survivor started up again. I am already bored with Survivor. My new favorite show is Grey's Anatomy, seriously. We got caught up on the past seasons via Netflix and are now enjoying the new episodes. The cast is great. Bailey is the best, but so is George!
Well, the biggest deal in our lives now is the move. I hate moving and I have dragged my very supportive wife all over since we have been married. Hopefully, this will be our final state. Oh well, I am happy anyway. It will all be worth it once we are there and settled in.
Well, I'll try to keep up better with this blog now.
Labels: Migraine / Lamictal
posted by Migrainiously Yours @ 7:48 PM
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5 Comments:
Welcome back to Blogworld! Your supportive wife loves you and will go anywhere with you. But please say that this is the end of operation relocation?
So, the idea of a blog is to actually write something at least 5-6 days a week. You do not seem to understand this.
Not all of us can sit around and play games all day. :)
I don't understand Flordia girl's need to instruct on blog "rules". Please be careful with Lamictal. It was very effective with my migraines, but I experienced the rash as small, tiny sores in my mouth and did not immediately recognize it as a reaction to the medication. Thus, I did not d/c the medication until the sixth of day of 25mg. The reaction on the 7th day went from small sores in the palate to swollen lymph nodes at 3:30 pm to looking as if I had mumps by 7:30 to looking as if I had gained about 30 pounds by 10:00 and by 10:30 I had difficulty chewing and swallowing was quite painful. I thought my throat was going to close. I hate to go to the ER, but I had no choice on this one. Two shots of steroids and a prescription for prednisone was required. So watch for what might appear to be simple scrapes in the mouth or irritations as you increase your dosage. I had five migraine free days on this drug and only a minor migraine, comparatively, while still on it. I wish I could have taken it and wish you luck with this med.
I want a job like yours....just jealous really!
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