Well, Saturday night we finally got some pretty good proof for my theory that cilantro *spits* gives me terrible migrians. And apparently the fresher the cilantro the worse the migraine. Fortunately for me in the last couple years the pain has started to get more mild. (I’ve probably burned out enough brain cells with the mini-strokes that are the migraines).

I get the aural precursors with my migraines. I was about to dive into a detailed description when I realize that the wikipedia link gives a pretty good description of what happens. Reference that.

So, I was treated to wave after wave of aural assults until I finally gave up hope of recovering enough to sneak off and play FarCry - my current time waster - and I climed into the shower and stood there until it went cold. Then I crawled into bed and mercifully collapsed. If I were smart I would’ve chucked up dinner and it would’ve stopped sooner, then I could’ve just passed out. But I took some tums to stop my stomach from lurching and bubbling, thus prolonging the whole circus.

The auras give me a warning of things to come so as soon as I start to lose my site I usually run (literally) for the recipe that seems to help best in combating the inevitable pain:

Excedrin Migraine - If you look in the ingredients this is a cocktail of 2 pain relievers, something for swelling, and a big dose of caffine.

Coffee - Just start drinking. I should probably throw Orange juice into the mix to help bust the caffine.

Then an try and fall asleep before it comes. My wife also rubs Tiger Balm into my temples from time to time. But to be honest I don’t know if it’s the tiger balm that makes me feel better or just getting a temple massage from a beautiful woman. =)

I still have a small blind spot I’ve been trying to look around all day and it’s driving me nuts.

So, no more cilantro for me. Which sucks because I love salsa and in the last 5 years or so the only salsa you can seem to get without cilantro is the Mango Pineapple kind. Yeah, thanks to what ever So-Cal trend-master decided that cilantro was the hot new thing that needed to be in everything. Probably the same guy who is responsible the Chipotle fad. Or Lime - (insert cola product here).

This post has all the flow of a pillow case full of bricks. Oh well.. migraines screw with my thinking.