Heart Bypass Surgery

Dear Sandra, I like Joan Osbourne's music and I can really relate to the lyrics from her song, below....thank you for posting it. I saw a site on the net about a year ago that featured poems written specifically by migraine sufferers....I'll try to find that url, there were some very poignant and touching ones. (when it comes to the truly severe head pain, where you wonder if you can physically or emotionally live through a particular episode, because it is so unbearable, I've always felt that no one can truly understand the depth of the pain or "speak my language", as the song lyrics go. Have you ever gone through a migraine so intense and for so many continuous hours and days..that when the pain ended, you honestly looked back and asked yourself, "how did I ever live through that?" And the fear of the next one just like it....not knowing when it will strike again....can be terrible. I try very hard to be thankful for each hour and day that is pain-free or at least, tolerable. And I try to enjoy each moment IN the moment, but when you only have a few hours each week that are bearable, and after living this way for a quarter of a century, it's hard to keep positive, to have hope, to not let this pain beat you down and take away the best parts of you. Just some thoughts this evening, as I squint at the computer screen with an "8+" headache, half-blinded eyes, and no medication in the house that is strong enough to touch the pain. And I know that I am NOT alone and so many on this list have days like this everyday, as I do. Thanks for listening and I wish all of you a pain-free and peaceful weekend. Christy)