Health Update: Should I LIE??! (Patreon)

To my doctor that is...

So I've been on the Botox now for about 7 months. At the 9 month mark, we decided if I'm staying on it.

In order for my doctor to recommend that I continue with Botox treatment, I have to be experiencing a 50% reduction in my migraines. Because of what I had told him before (which was in fact a lie... because I didn't think he'd take me seriously if I'd said I have 28-31 migraine days a month on average 🫠), that means I need to tell him I'm having 10 migraine days or less per month. Reasonably, I could have up to 15 and would still be able to say they've cut in half.

But here's the thing: I still have migraines almost daily. So far, I'd say at least 20 days per month on average, but probably more if I'm honest. BUT they don't always last as long and they're typically less severe. And most importantly to me: I'm not having seizures.

So. I have a bit of a dilemma. Because so far, the Botox is not as effective as we would like it to be. But at the same time, it is definitely getting more effective over time and it's taking away the most severe outcome of the migraines. But if I want to continue getting this treatment for those outcomes, I would have to lie... probably. There's still 2 more months to improve, but I won't have any more injections between now and then and the effects tend to fade before the 3 month mark of the next appointment 🤷‍♀️

So the dilemma is: do I lie and hope the Botox continues to get better, or do I tell the truth and try so.ething else that may or may not work at all, but could be better? And if I go the latter route, if I exhaust all other options, can I go back to the Botox if nothing else works...? (That one is a question for my doctor, I know).

Anyway, it's an interesting time over here in Myrna's chaos dungeon 😅

*don't mind that I'm writing this as I actively have a migraine...I swear it's better than it used to be 🫣*