Absence in the Blogosphere due to Migraine

Do you have a Migraine? if none, never ever dream from this kind of sickness. It is a terrible one, I tell you. I had again a Migraine last Thursday night until yesterday. I am feeling better last night. Thanks goodness! Now I am kickin' again in the blogosphere..not that much but I am happy to see you here again. Last Friday my migraine went worst because I vomited three times and I felt so tired the whole day. It was really terrible that I want to stay all the time in a dark room with my eyes closed and I don't want to hear any noise even talking to my husband. I want completely a noise-free and light-free environment.

When migraine attacks me, the pain is always in the left side of my head including my left eye. When it is very bad, I always feel that my left eye want to come out. Sometimes after I vomit, I felt better..sometimes not. When it is not too bad, I am only taking pain killers like Ibuprofen before it get worst. Sometimes it works sometimes not. When this happened, I am forced to take migraine tablets but sometimes it also doesn't work. The best remedy when I am totally run out of energy is to have an injection in our house doctor.

I can't give you an exact cause for a migraine, my doctor can't even explained it to me. I had already undergone CT scan twice and I am happy that they found nothing in it. Is it because of hormonal problems, changing of weather? I can tell you sometimes when I smell cigarette smokes, my migraine triggers or when I have my monthly visitor. To give you some information about migraine, I consulted my dear friend online, Wikipedia...so have fun reading! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

What is Migraine?

Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily perceptions, headaches, and nausea. Physiologically, the migraine headache is a neurological condition more common to women than to men. Etymologically, the French word migraine derives from the Greek hemicrania (half skull) and the Old English megrim (severe headache).

The typical migraine headache is unilateral and pulsating, lasting from 4 to 72 hours; symptoms include nausea, vomiting, photophobia (increased sensitivity to bright light), and hyperacusis (increased sensitivity to noise); approximately one third of people who suffer migraine headache perceive an aura — visual, olfactory — announcing the headache.

(featuring Initial treatment is with analgesics for the head-ache, an anti-emetic for the nausea, and the avoidance of triggering conditions. The cause of migraine headache is unknown; the accepted theory is a disorder of the serotonergic control system, as PET scan has demonstrated the aura coincides with diffusion of cortical depression consequent to increased blood flow (up to 300% greater than baseline). There are migraine headache variants, some originate in the brainstemintercellular transport dysfunction of calcium and potassium ions) and some are genetically disposed. Studies of twins indicate a 60 to 65 per cent genetic influence upon their developing propensity to migraine headache. Moreover, fluctuating hormone levels indicate a migraine relation: 75 percent of adult patients are women, although migraine affects approximately equal numbers of prepubescent boys and girls; propensity to migraine headache is known to disappear during pregnancy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migraine

WW: Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan, Munich Germany

The inside of Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan, a Church in Munich Germany

Basilica in Italianate High Baroque which had a major influence on Southern German baroque architecture.
photo by Ruby Benz

Sending Balikbayan Box to the Philippines

You might know some Filipinos cultures? Filipinos always have close family ties and wherever they are around the world, they always remember their families back home. One act of showing their love is helping them. One way of helping them is sharing what they also have like sending stuffs through balikbayan boxes or in terms of financial matter. I am planning to send some boxes to the Philippines again.

 I am going home anytime this year and before I go home, I need to pack-up some boxes to send some presents. Balikbayan boxes are like shipping boxes. The only advantage with this is that there is no limit on how many kilos you want to put in the box. It is very cheaper compared to having extra baggage in the airplane which cost a lot of money. Imagine an excess kilo from Europe to Philippines ranging from 30 to 50 Euros per kilo.

It is better to have the balikbayan box where you can have 2oo kilos or more in a box. Believe me I already did that! If you need some balikbayan boxes, leave me a message here or write me an email. I can help you with that especially if you are from Germany. Have a great day to all!!

Happy Birthday Sis Raq

I would like to greet my dear Sister Raq in Las Vegas for her birthday today. I wish you all the best in life, more blessings to come, success, happiness and most of all good health always. May you have many many more birthdays to come. God bless and guide you always in all your undertakings!

Suffering in Silence

Happy Sunday! This did not happened today. I mean "my suffering in silence"...lol..This happened last Wednesday as I had again a very bad migraine. It was so bad that I vomited and really felt very dizzy. I tried to relax in a dark room and want to to go to sleep to forget the pain but I just can't do it due to severe pain on the left side of my head. It was really very bad. I took some migraine pills but sometimes it has no effect anymore. Last year, I also had very bad migraine that my husband drove me to our house doctor to give some shot or injection. These were the worst migraine attack that I had. You can be very happy if you don't have like this. Never even dream to have it.

I did had some shoulder pains too last week and the past days got some slight headache. I don't exactly know if this is the effect of the changing of the weather now or maybe everytime I have my monthly visitor. You know what I mean ladies..Even now, I am having a slight headache but not so bad. I am hoping that this migraine will never attack me anymore..

Just visit my other homes for more updates..Enjoy the rest of your weekend!! take care everyone!!

Tagged by a Very Special Person

I got this very special tag from a very special person in the blogosphere named Sistah Twinks. I haven't met her yet in person but it seems that I already know her for a long time..lol! She's been a good friend online and hopefully I can meet her once my vacation in the Phils. will push through this year...feeling excited!! Thanks a lot dear Sistah!! you're one of a kind!!

Perpetual Smiling Blogging Award...what a smile eh?!
Let's get on with the rules:
Copy the questions below. Simply use the first letter of your name/nickname as your answer for each questions. You can’t use any answer twice and don’t use your own name for questions # 3 & 4. After you’re done, tag 10 people.

1. What is your name: Maria Ruby (which sounds very precious..**wink..look in my "about me" labels of this blog about the meaning of this name...cool!!)
2. A four Letter Word : Mama (one of the very special person in my life who brought me in this world..I love you Mama..mizyah yah all! )
3. A boy's Name : Manuel (our school principal's first name during elementary grade)
4. A girl's Name : Marie (the nickname of our eldest sister)
5. An occupation : Manager (i'm the manager of myself now...previously owner/manager of ROB Marketing back in Pinas...wehehehe..)

6. A color : Maroon (one of my favorite colors)
7. Something you'll wear : Make-up (I always do esp. during parties or even a slight make-up when I go out from the house..hehehe)
8. A type of food : Menudo (wow my favorite Filipino dish which I love to cook..ask my friends, family and my husband..they love it...lol)
9. Something found in the bathroom : Mop (for cleaning)
10. A place : Manchester (in England I was there last year)
11. A reason for being late : Making sandwich (for baon...can't think of another thing..got a bit headache now...)
12. Something you shout : Mooohhh ( sounds like a cow..**wink)
13. A movie title : Maid in Manhattan (starring: Jennifer Lopez..love this movie)
14. Something you drink : Mango Juice (love it but can't find often in Germany)
15. A musical group : Metallica (let's rock folks)
16. A street name : Madison Street, is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois (wish to visit this place one day)
17. A type of car : Mercedez Benz ( wow kelan kaya...when I win in lotto)
18. A song title: Manic Monday by the Bangles
19. A verb : Make money (hope I can..but I cannot do it.. hahaha)

Tagging my special blogger friends; Arabian Josh, Norms 1, Liz Element, Mhar's Display, Dashing Smiles, Tess2-Pinay Mom, TS' Footprints, Julai's Travel, Kikamz-Just About Anything and Butchay 1....

Have fun guys!!

I'm proud of My Sisters!

How would you feel if one member of your family succeeded for something? How would feel if your friends found a new job? or your neighbor was promoted into higher position? or maybe your own child have some accomplishments in school being included in the dean's list? Do you feel sad about it? I know some people are not happy of somebody's achievements. In fact some people are even envy of others success. Another fact, I know some people who are like that. Instead of being happy of others achievements, they are feeling insecure and envy about it. They will even find a way to make you look bad and make false gossips of you. Pity to those people who are like that! tsk..tsk..tsk!!

Anyway no matter what people say about me or some people? I don't care. I am just me and they don't know the real me. If they just know the real me, they might love me more like what my true friends do. For now, I am just happy and proud of my sister's achievement for passing the Nursing board exam. It is really a great honor for the whole family. I am truly proud of her being my scholar..lol..partly! Special thanks also for my Sister in Las Vegas and her hubby for giving a support to our youngest sister. hey Sis Raq, I'm proud of you too. I know some of your dreams are slowly coming true. Keep praying and hoping. My sister in Las Vegas is also working as a Desk Nurse now. I am not so sure if she is interested to attend about medical assistant training school. I heard last time that she is reviewing for something. Good luck my dear Sisters! I am really proud of you being the products of my hard work and dedication. I miss you all! God bless the whole family!