One big long headache

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I'm sitting here impatiently waiting for you!!

Haha well. i am on now. how are you?

What are you up to today? Fun p-day adventures?

not really. we had to be at the church at 10am to let some guy in. and we are teaching on the base at 7pm tonight. so we are not really able to go anywhere. there is really only one place in caserta to see and we have both already seen it. 

So can you leave your area to see sights in Naples or do you have to stay in Caserta? I remember you said there are 5-6 other things you still want to see in Naples. Sister Kelly hasn't emailed. Is it about your headaches? 

we can go anywhere in napoli to see sights. its hard with the 6 to 9pm work session. plus my choice...i would skip lunch to see stuff. the stuff i want to see i will see with you guys when i come back depending on how much time i have left here. mostly islands. i will save ercolano which is like pompei for the family. caserta doesnt have a method in city transportation so we use bikes which i hate. it doesnt help with the headaches and we cant do street which is my favorite method of finding. its a rush though. i have been almost hit by a couple cars.

i am working with sister kelly on headaches right now. i am trying some of her suggestions. one was getting off of melatonin. which i want to do...but i dont fall asleep till about 2 or 3am most nights...everynight. but i sleep in till about 9am. i am honestly dying with the headaches right now. i tried doing some the combinations she gave me. asprin and excedrin. that made it alot worse. nothing works. its very depressing and its weighing alot on me. i have no idea what to do. i am trying to put up with it as much as i can for as long as i can, so we will see. i blame dad for not being able to shut down his mind and passing it on to me. and i blame your dad for his chronic headaches. so any ideas you have let me know. i am not willing to use prescriptions or anything though. i dont want that.

This is my suggestion for headaches. 1) limit sugar intake, eat fruits for dessert, 2) get off excedrin and aspirin... too much caffeine which causes lack of sleep which adds to headaches and aspirin eats your stomach- stick to advil or motrin. get it at the Navy base, 3) go through a routine at bedtime so your body knows it's time to sleep. I have to do this to get to sleep. All of us wake up in the middle of the night working things out in our mind. I'll research headaches. Where is the pain? nape? around ears? top of head?

Be careful on the bike. I know it would cause headaches. Why can't you street contact?

my comp rides ahead of me on bikes. so if i stop he wouldnt see.

headaches. i dont eat very many sweets anymore. i only took excedrin and asprin twice at about 2pm. nothing. advil and motrin. don't work anymore. i took 4 advil and nothing changed. i have been on the same sleep schedule for the last 6 months. i am taking care of myself a lot better here than in the states. it hurts in the back of the head always. literally always. i am so tired of it. i get the throbbing headaches about once a day about 10am. its driving me nuts. i cant eat breakfast or i throw up.  i think about everything like the investigators here, in pozzuoli, and sunny, the family. every problem. my mind doesnt turn it off. it was like that at school with less problems. even before sunny. it just doesnt want to sleep.how is baby doing?

Dad says you are teaching some great people and have baptismal dates?

ya. as of now we have 3 fixed dates and 2 pending dates.

well the headaches dont go away at night. they dont go away when i use anything. so now i dont use anything. honestly nothing gets rid of them. literally one big long headache is what i have now.