In the Beginning

 I remember my first migraine very clearly.  It was in high school, just before Christmas and I was in the drama room watching a video of that year's musical production.  I was there with my boyfriend, we'd only been dating for about a month, when I got the worst headache I'd ever had.  I was prone to headaches, especially in the summer when I would often get heat exhaustion but I'd never had one like this.  It felt like someone was taking a drill to my left eye and boring into my brain.  I remember running out the back door into the parking lot because I felt nauseous.  My boyfriend followed me, and I promptly vomited on his shoes.  It wasn't the only time I would vomit on him, unfortunately.  

For the longest time, my migraines didn't really impact my life all that much.  It was shortly after that first incident that I was introduced to triptans, and Immitrex became my new best friend.  If I was able to take the Immitrex within an hour of feeling a migraine coming on, then I would be fine.  It would make the migraine go away, and I could carry on with my day.  It was like that for 20 years.  Very rarely would I have to cancel something for a migraine but in the last 5 years that has changed.  I'm guessing it's because the frequency of my migraines has increased to the point where I can no longer just ignore them.

The good news is that I haven't vomited on anyone since I first started getting them.  It would be nice if I could go back to only having one a month- it's amazing what you can get used to.