migraines are not fun

i get lot of migraines, mostly of the "i feel like crap, please rub my back" sort. but every couple months i get a whopper. i throbbing, nauseous, "i think my head is going to explode" whopper. my headache today started out of the usual type, but by midafternoon had progressed to the latter, in spite of a dose of aleve (which i actually know to be ineffective for my migraines, but it was all i had access to at the time). i slumped at my desk, data on the excel spreadsheet blurring together. starting to feel really sick, i got up and went to the bathroom, and collapsed on a bench. fortuitously, i was discovered by a coworker and fellow migraneur, who brought me strong tea, called a cab, and got me on my way home (also equipping my with a trash bag, into which i continued to puke, all the way home). my doorman looked quite alarmed, by kindly took the bag, and got the elevator for me. after another round of vomiting, 4 excedrin, and an hour's sleep, i was delighted to discover i no longer felt like i wanted to die. so i schlepped back up to 168th for 7pm epidemiology section.