Botox, for migraines update

A couple weeks ago I posted a blog entry about my experience with migraines and all the medications I have tried.  I had posted about getting the botox treatment which my insurance covered for me, since I had proved along with my doctors that I had gone thru all the other options available and none worked or I had awful side effects.  I have to say that so far the Botox has changed my life.  I was uncomfortable for a few days and didn't notice much of a change in how I was feeling because I was sore from the injections.  I did not experience any bruising only tenderness in the injection areas and some slight neck and shoulder discomfort.

After that subsided I felt amazing, after years of constant migraines and fear of triggering another one, I finally had no tension in my head daily, and migraines have been slim to none.  I have only had one bad migraine and one tension headache but I took some Immitrex at the onset of the pain and it was gone within an hour or so.  The migraine I got was a rough one but only lasted a few hours and was gone.  I have been going to the gym regularly again and usually this would lead to a migraine by mid day if I went in the morning, but have not had any from working out.  It feels great and I have the added benefit of no wrinkles on my forehead or between my eye brows.  I have tried to replicate the facial expressions I made in my before photos to show the wrinkles I had when I would look up or squint my eyes but I can't really get them to look similar at all.   I will be posting photos later in the week, next week of before and after it is a remarkable and pleasant change.  I never had wrinkles that were obvious or lines, I only had them when I made faces or crinkled my eyebrows inward.  Now I have a smooth forehead with no fine lines or crazy wrinkles or creases when I make faces.

I have to say this is an amazing treatment and so far, knock on wood, I haven't had any bad side effects that I had read about.  I will continue to post more about this because from what I read the results and effects get better with every treatment.  I am so happy that my husband's co worker told him about this treatment and how well it worked for him because as of today it has changed my life.  I would spend days every week with awful head pain and migraines, some that would leave me laid up in the dark, with no noise and unable to eat cause I felt so sick to my stomach, I felt like I was losing time with my kids and pursuing activities or working on my cakes and photography due to this situation but now I can say every day I wake up feeling refreshed and not stressed about triggering a migraine, no tension in my head first thing in the morning.  I also have gotten more active and go to the gym right after I drop my girls at school, come home shower, get dressed and have the most productive days ever.  I am happier and all around feel great.

Stay tuned for photos of before and after, If you are curious if it changes your appearance or helps cosmetically also, just to note I did not do this for cosmetic reasons at all.  I had no lines or wrinkles that bothered me at the stage in my life but I do know that some people who have migraines do wonder if it will improve their appearance also, and I believe it does and would if you had a lot of lines above your eye area.  I had no dropping of eye brows or any weird looking stuff happen and my forehead does not look plastic or like it doesn't move, just doesn't wrinkle up or look anything like it did before.   Honestly if it wasn't for my before and after photos I would not haven even noticed cause again I was never paying to much attention to that area cause it never bothered me before.  I also will keep posting about how the migraines go, so far one in almost a month is awesome when I had 3-4 sometimes more a week. The regular headaches have even gone away=).

In fashion news a few months back I posted about some cute tee shirts I found on etsy and was looking for the same seller to make another purchase because I loved my tee shirt so much. I found these super cute tees and pretty sure they are also by the same person I posted from last time, have to go back and check it out. Love these super cute tees, I am obsessed with graphic tee shirts and tank tops. This seller is listed as My Pebby Forevee, she hand cuts, and screen prints all of her cute tees. Here are a few I took some screen shots of. Be sure to check out My Pebby Forevee on Etsy next time you are looking for a cute tee.  

Have a great weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving

Update from 2015: so amazing to go back through my old posts and find a brand that I was into that long ago. Since then Pebby Forevee has grown so much and I actually found her on Instagram last year. I have since ordered several more tees from her. She is no longer on Etsy she has a website you can go to at www.mypebbyforevee.com. She still hand makes all her tee shirts and has so many amazing and cute style tees. I am obsessed with the off the shoulder cut tees and just ordered my first muscle tank. Love to see this because I am always being called a copycat by someone I don't even know that I just found out about myself in September of this year when this person left a rude comment on a featured photo I had on Instagram, then I was told by a couple friends on IG she tells everyone I copy her and buy the same stuff she buys. This is just more proof I was into this brand before I ever knew who she was. Insane and honestly it is such a shame because I can honestly say she has a lot of the same clothes I have and would probably like me if she got over the idea I was copying her lol. I don't have time to copy people. I see a lot of cute stuff people I follow post and sure I have gone and bought the same stuff as some of the people on my IG feed but not to copy them or anyone. I just like the style. This one girl though, I have never copied her. Now that I know she thinks I do copy her I try not to buy stuff the same stuff or shop at the same online shops as her. Hard because a lot of the online shops sell the same stuff. It happens but people do have the same or similar tastes and then there are a lot of the same styles being sold all over online. I am sure a lot of people own the same stuff as me and her. Really is sad. Anyways I don't do the drama stuff enough about that.  Be sure to check out this amazing brand, if you are reading this old post she still sells tee shirts and they are just as cute and some are even cooler. Thank you again for reading. Xoxo ✌️❤️