MC = Medical Certificate

Yesterday I pulled a sickie and stayed at home. Spent the day either lying down or sleeping. Let me recap the whole day:-

• 7.30am - Alarm rang. Woke up, Realized that my migraine is still there.. and was thinking whether to go to work or not. Was measuring how painful my migraine is.. The problem with me and taking MCs is that I will keep on thinking whether I should take or not, whether I am really that sick or I am just lazy.. So in the end.. I'll be wondering whether I imagined my sickness or is it really there.
  
• 7.35am - Decided to go to work. So woke up, wash my face and took a shower.. And change
• 7.50am - In front of the mirror, wanting to comb my hair and apply make-up, I felt really really nauseated and the dizziness increased. Decided to go to the doctor's.
• 7.55am - Realized that the doctor's is not open yet. So was waiting around till 8.20am.
• 8.25am - At the clinic; Doctor not in yet. Have to wait for him.
• 8.45am - Doctor's in. Am diagnosed with migraine and vertigo. Doctor gave me 2 types of medicine for migraine and one more for vertigo. Medical bill came up to RM40 which was pretty cheap.
  
• 9.30am - Reached home. Had Nasi Lemak for breakfast first before taking my medicine. Took medicine and went to the room and lied down.
  
• 9.35am - Still couldn't sleep. So put in Desperate Housewives to watch.
  
• 10.00am - Migraine seemed to be better, due to the meds. Still couldn't sleep so continue watching Desperate Housewives.
• 12.35pm - Lunch. Cintan noodle with egg and chili sauce. Hmm.. Yum Yum..
• 1.35pm - Took medicine and continued with Desperate Housewives.
  
• 3.00pm - Doze off.
  
• 6.30pm - Dinner; Rice with ikan bilis sambal, vege and fried egg.
• 7.00pm - Nap
• 8.30pm - Woke up. Loitered around, doing nothing, lying down on the bed.
• 10.00pm - Sleep

That's how I spent my day. What a waste of time. Am still having my dizziness and am still feeling nauseated. But is slightly better with the medication. I just want it to go away...

Excerpt from NeurologyChannel:-
A migraine is a throbbing or pulsating headache that is often one sided (unilateral) and associated with nausea; vomiting; sensitivity to light, sound, and smells; sleep disruption; and depression. Attacks are often recurrent and tend to become less severe as the migraine sufferer ages. Signs and Symptoms:-Migraine pain is often described as throbbing or pulsating pain that is intensified by routine physical activity, coughing, straining, or lowering the head. The headache is often so severe that it interferes with daily activity and may awaken the person. The attack is debilitating, and migraine sufferers are often left feeling tired and weak once the headache has passed. A migraine typically begins in a specific area on one side of the head, then spreads and builds in intensity over 1 to 2 hours and then gradually subsides. It can last up to 24 hours, and in some cases, several days.There may be accompanying symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light (photophobia), or sensitivity to sound (phonophobia). Hands and feet may feel cold and sweaty and unusual odors may be intolerable. Migraine with aura is characterized by a neurological phenomenon (aura) that is experienced 10 to 30 minutes before the headache. Most auras are visual and are described as bright shimmering lights around objects or at the edges of the field of vision (called scintillating scotomas) or zigzag lines, wavy images, or hallucinations. Others experience temporary vision loss. Nonvisual auras include motor weakness, speech or language abnormalities, dizziness, vertigo, and tingling or numbness (parasthesia) of the face, tongue, or extremities.

Excerpt from Wikipedia:-
Vertigo, sometimes called a headrush, is a major symptom of a balance disorder . It is the sensation of spinning while the body is stationary with respect to the earth or surroundings. With the eyes shut, there will be a sensation that the body is in movement, called subjective vertigo; if the eyes are open, the surroundings will appear to move past the field of vision, called objective vertigo.The effects may be slight. It can cause nausea and vomiting or, if severe, may give rise to difficulty with standing and walking. Vertigo is usually associated with a problem in the inner ear balance mechanisms (vestibular system), in the brain, or with the nerve connections between these two organs. The most common cause is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. Vertigo can be a symptom of an underlying harmless cause, such as in BPPV or it can suggest more serious problems. These include drug toxicities, strokes or tumors (though these are much less common than BPPV). Vertigo can also be brought on suddenly through various actions or incidents, such as skull fractures, sudden changes of blood pressure, or as a symptom of motion sickness while sailing, riding amusement rides or in a vehicle.