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I had my first migraine headache today. Actually, I had it on Friday and it lasted through the weekend until a nice emergency room doctor gave me a large shot of morphine this morning. I can feel it creeping back now.

My reactions are mixed. On the one hand, it was nice to finally have a health problem that wasn’t the fault of my weight. (At least, I don’t think obesity can cause migraines.) On the other hand, once the pain started getting under control, I wanted comfort food. And for me, comfort food does not entail salad.

I’m supposed to see my personal doctor tomorrow morning (got my appointment bumped up from the 15th–yea!), so I’m going to ask her for weight loss advice at the same time we’re going over migraine prevention tips. I’ll let you all know if she has any words of wisdom.

Speaking of words of wisdom, I’m asking you, my readers, for a few as well. When you are watching what you eat, how do you nurture yourself? In other words, how do you nurture yourself and comfort yourself when snarfing a huge piece of chocolate cake or a thick slab of country fried steak smothered in sausage gravy is out of the question? I can usually self-soothe fairly well with reading, but of course that doesn’t feel terrific when you have a migraine, either. Any other ideas? Anyone?