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ISSUE № 7 JAN 2018
I’ve Got Super Powers
Oh Noooo! It’s pouring rain outside, no wonder I woke up feeling like crap, with the sensation of an aura
trying to push through this good morning mood I woke up feeling. My friends often laugh and say it’s my
super powers because I always seem to know when bad weather is coming. And my lovely darling tells me that he’d lease me
out to the K9 division of the police department, because my nose has skills (I’m literally laughing my tail off at this comment).
You see with chronic migraine, some of your senses get super heightened, for me it’s my sense of smell and the weird sensation I get when the
weather is about to change. Oh and I almost forgot, I can hear extremely well, every sound is magnified for me in migraine land. If you’re going to
dinner with me, going to hang out with me, or as we say “lime”, you better be neutral to me. What on earth do I mean by that? Well let’s just say
“no perfume, cologne, aftershave, scented deodorant” . If you’re wearing any scent I can’t tolerate, I’m gonna sit the furthest away from you. And
to top it off, if you smoke, I’m jumping in my car and heading for the hills. You are a walking migraine trigger for me. Picture me on an airplane,
I’m by the window with a sweater wrapped around my face, like a roti wrapped up for take away, because there isn’t any hills around for “air
miles” (get it - my attempt at a joke) that I can jump in my car and drive too. The Caribbean is all about color and of course a chic outfit needs a
pair of sexy colored high heels. So here we go again, picture me in your mind’s eye, walking on the uneven pavements of our busy capital, at
lunchtime with a migraine, in high heels; it’s enough to make even a clown burst out in laughter. I’ve got to have my heels after all, migraines have
taken every idea of a delicious decadent food off of the list of what I can eat. No need for the gym for me,
at this rate I’d be giving Popeye’s sweetheart a run for her money. So walking properly with a migraine is
one super skill I have yet to master. When I get those lovely drugs via IV (yes they finally found a vein) I
feel like I can fly, hence the super power that I can add to my list. I wonder if the ability to go into “la la
land” immediately after getting those drugs can be classified as a super power. Hmmm I’m gonna have to
look into that one (all grins).
We all have super powers, the ability to show kindness, give love, be patient and have compassion are all
super powers to me. And if you can give this to someone in need, especially someone who deals with an
illness, in my book you are all stars, brightly shining stars.
Christine Bachew-Lorde . Wishing your day is full of "
Sprinkles of Goodness and Re-cycled Creativity"
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