I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

Server Edition!!!

Tonight started great. We were busy. People were tipping. My tables were turning. No problems with the kitchen. The bar was cranking out the drinks. Life was good.

And then at 8:45…

I was standing at the counter taking an order and the most intense pain ever cranked out behind my right eye.

Fuck.

I mentioned about a month ago that I’d started having cluster headaches. They are a type of migraine. The pain usually starts behind one eye and is intense.

Usually I know they are coming on because I get nauseous and a little dizzy. There was none of that tonight. One minute I felt fine the next mine I felt like my eye was going to pop out of my head.

Then it just became a low dull ache. That wouldn’t go away. I decided not to take the migraine medicine because it’s possible it can interact with one of my anti-depressants. So I toughed it out. For about two hours. And finally I said, fuck it. And I took the pill. The headache subsided some, but not much. I took a second one on the way home from work. The dull ache is still there but it’s much better.

I’ve realized since I went to the doctor a month or so ago, that I have had these for a long time. I just attributed them to sinus issues and after a few hours/days they went away. I guess I was wrong. I’m going to make an appointment to see the doctor again this week. I want to check in with him and make sure it’s nothing serious. I joked at work tonight when someone asked what was wrong, that I had a brain tumor. I don’t think that’s the case, but I’d like to at least talk to him about it. I also need to get more medicine. I took the last pill tonight. And if it were to not go away tonight or even worse come back tomorrow night I’m sort of fucked.

In all though it was a good night. I just put the waiting thing on auto pilot and toughed it out. I still outsold everyone else and made good money. Just think how great it could have been if I’d been feeling well.

Update:::

These headaches stopped when we moved to Maine. In fact, I’d forgotten that I got them until I read this post. I believe they were stress related and my day to day stress doesn’t really exist anymore.