Am I allowed to whine?

I'm thinking I want to whine a little here... Feel free to skip this post.

I understand that in the general scheme of things, my little petty whines are exactly that, but that doesn't mean I don't get to complain at least a little, right? My complaints are no less valid.

So far, every day this year I've awakened with a migraine. Knowing they're tied to hormones and that I probably am done with it for this month is a good thing, but I sure hate it when it's happening. I had that feeling of pressure all day on New Year's eve, and woke up on the 1st with a real screamer.

I don't know what one would call this, but I saw an interesting thing while my eyes were closed. I saw what I'd call a spinning disc, sort of like a warped LP, except it was a creamy ivory color and little golden numbers (in a very fancy, old-world font) were coming out from the middle and flying off the edges into fog. There was an endless supply of numbers being generated from the hole in the center. I saw this while I was awake... not sleeping. When I rubbed my eyes, the numbers moved faster.

I got up and took some migraine medication as soon as I could stand without the nausea. Ugh.

There's a weird side effect caused by the medication, too. Half a dose gets rid of the headache like magic. In one hour, it's gone. I'm very grateful for that. But.. if I take a shower more than an hour (and up to about four hours) after taking it, the hot water just about kills me. It hurts so much!! I know that Sumatriptan is a vascular drug, and that it opens up all the blood vessels. That may explain why my skin becomes so sensitive after I've had to take a dose, but it sure isn't a whole lot of fun. I kept turning the shower down, it was just too hot. Usually I'm the other way around... the water gets hotter and hotter until by the end of my shower it's nearly scalding. I love that. Well, except for after the medication.

Remember the bug I've had since October? I'm feeling much better, but I still have a cough. It's not the deep, hawk-up-a-chunk-of-lung-tissue-and-simultaneously-pee-my-pants cough I had for almost two months, but it's still pretty ugly on occasion. My right ear goes from clear to sort of sloshy about seven times a day, and hurts at night while I am sleeping.

Right now, I can't really hear out of it.

And yes, I know things could be worse. But I still get to whine on occasion. It's my blog, dammit.