Woo Hoo

Succorso said:

Route was Swaffham, Wells, Blakney, Letheringsett and then
home via North Elmham.

My grandparents lied in Blakeney. Lovely place.

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A landmark today - my first ever 100k (106 to be
precise) ride.

My bottom hurts (5 hours in the saddle I guess) but legs
are fine.

Route was Swaffham, Wells, Blakney, Letheringsett and then
home via North Elmham.

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Chris

Well done! I was looking forward to going out tomorrow and
felt like going long-distance, but checking my cupboards I'm
out of eat-on-the-move food and the shops are shut and no
cafés will be open tomorrow ... damnit, it had better not
rain next weekend ...

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Succorso said:

A landmark today - my first ever 100k (106 to be
precise) ride.

My bottom hurts (5 hours in the saddle I guess) but legs
are fine.

I did my longest for 15 years on Thursday, and got as far as
87km. Managed to survive thanks to lots of sumatriptan. (I
get exercise induced migraines.. less so when I am fit but
to get fit you need to exercise).

I was wondering about absolute distance and how hills could
be factored in. Maybe taking the height gain in metres and
multiplying by the riders weight in kilos to add as a
corrected distance..

Just for the record the 87 km was from my house in Lochee
through Birkhill, Newtyle, Glamis, Kirriemuir, Kingoldrum,
Backwater reservoir, then down glen Isla to Alyth, Meigle
(CTC sign on the cafe window. Good cakes and tea too), the
minor road though Belmont to Newtyle and back home. Very
pleased to still do the climb out of Newtyle in the normal
gear, just the head giving me a bit of grief. (without the
drugs it's like having a really bad hangover, having
someone with a jackhammer going inside your head with the
heart beat.)

..d

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My bottom hurts (5 hours in the saddle I guess) but legs
are fine.

Route was Swaffham, Wells, Blakney, Letheringsett and then
home via North Elmham.

Well done you!

Cheers, helen s

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I did my longest for 15 years on Thursday, and got as far
as 87km. Managed to survive thanks to lots of sumatriptan.
(I get exercise induced migraines.. less so when I am fit
but to get fit you need to exercise).

As a fellow migraine sufferer...

The *only* thing that gives me any long-term relief is a
daily dose of magnesium. I used to get chronic migraines -
daily at one point & so bad I was virtually bedridden for
almost a year. It wasn't pleasant. I can now enjoy cycling
and a normal life thanks to discovering the joys of
magnesium ;-)

A good source of info on all sorts of migraine treatments -
conventional drug therapies and "alternatives" is another
newsgroup, alt.support.headaches.migraine - excellent,
migraine sufferer-led group, with the odd doc and researcher
popping in. Lots of good info there as well as the odd OT
thread, particularly humour :-)

Cheers, helen s

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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

The *only* thing that gives me any long-term relief is a
daily dose of magnesium. I used to get chronic migraines -
daily at one point & so bad I was virtually bedridden for
almost a year. It wasn't pleasant. I can now enjoy cycling
and a normal life thanks to discovering the joys of
magnesium ;-)

Make sure you leave a note in your will: "Do not
cremate" ;-)

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I did my longest for 15 years on Thursday, and got as far
as 87km. Managed to survive thanks to lots of
sumatriptan. (I get exercise induced migraines.. less so
when I am fit but to get fit you need to exercise).

As a fellow migraine sufferer...

A good source of info on all sorts of migraine treatments
- conventional drug therapies and "alternatives" is
another newsgroup, alt.support.headaches.migraine -

Ooh, thanks for that. My only problem with migraines and
cycling is that I lose most of my vision for about 20
minutes, which can be somewhat problematic if I'm on the
bike at the time. Last time it happened I was navigating
Holborn Circus...

Luckily I only get them every 6 or 9 months.

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Ooh, thanks for that.

Most welcome

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My only problem with migraines and cycling is that I lose
most of my vision for about 20 minutes, which can be
somewhat problematic if I'm on the bike at the time.

Sounds like Vernon. He gets slurred speech too -
it's nasty.

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Last time it happened I was navigating Holborn Circus...

Ouch.

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Luckily I only get them every 6 or 9 months.

Again - like Vernon. I don't envy you.

Cheers, helen s

As a fellow migrane sufferer of similar symptoms and
frequency, have you tried using ibuprofen to counter them.
I discovered it by accident during a particularly nasty
attack. Since then, as soon as I start to lose the vision
and feel one coming on, I pop an ibuprofen and all is well
with the world. Works superbly for some reason. The
specific make I use are cuprofen, half the price of
nurofen, pink(?!?) and available from Safeways own
pharmacy. HTH Dave.

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As a fellow migrane sufferer of similar symptoms and
frequency, have you tried using ibuprofen to counter them.
I discovered it by accident during

a

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particularly nasty attack. Since then, as soon as I start
to lose the

vision

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and feel one coming on, I pop an ibuprofen and all is well
with the world. Works superbly for some reason. The
specific make I use are cuprofen, half the price of
nurofen, pink(?!?) and available from Safeways own
pharmacy.

I found Migralieve to be very successful. And then
discovered that Paracetomol & Codeine is the same, except
that the first Migralieve tablets contain an anti-emetic.
Not much help if your miles from home but 2 x P & C
+ a few hours in a darkened room generally does the trick
for me. Frequency of attacks is much reduced now though...
healthier lifestyle and more water possibly... or I just
grew out of it. Who knows?

Jon

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As a fellow migrane sufferer of similar symptoms and
frequency, have you tried using ibuprofen to counter them.
I discovered it by accident during

a

Quoted message said:

particularly nasty attack. Since then, as soon as I start
to lose the

vision

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and feel one coming on, I pop an ibuprofen and all is well
with the world. Works superbly for some reason. The
specific make I use are cuprofen, half the price of
nurofen, pink(?!?) and available from Safeways own
pharmacy.

Seconded. After some very nasty experiences with
prescription anti migraine drugs (which took the pain away
brilliantly but pain is good if it reminds you not to move
so minimising all the other effects such as the flashing
lights, nausea etc.) my quack suggested ibuprofen.

It dulls rather than kills the pain -- and dulls the other
symptoms -- making the whole experience much more tolerable
if an attack gets going. Better, as Dave, I find it aborts
attacks if I catch them early.

T

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As a fellow migrane sufferer of similar symptoms
and frequency, have you tried using ibuprofen to
counter them.

yes - for me ibuprofen is of as much use as a chocolate
teapot, sadly. Been through all the OTC pain releif and
the stuff the NHS chucks at migraines, none of it worked.

Standard pain relief (paracetamol, ibuprofen, paracetamol &
codeine, codrydamol) doesn't have much impact at all. I find
that tryptans are the only thing that help, and that by
containing rather than relieveing the headache.

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A daily magnesium supplement is what works for me. For
Vernon, becasue he doesn't get them that often, and as
pain killers do little, he just retires from humanity for
the duration of one.

I'm trying the magnesium. I'll also look for some suitable
isotonic stuff to drink.

..d

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I find that tryptans are the only thing that help, and
that by containing rather than relieveing the headache.

Even the triptans didn't work for me.

Obviously a different cause.. 5-HT analogues seem to work
fantastically for the kind of headaches I get.

I think chcocolate may play a role somewhere as well. I'll
have to go and look up the relevant biochemistry.

..d

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Ooh, thanks for that.

Most welcome

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My only problem with migraines and cycling is that I
lose most of my vision for about 20 minutes, which can
be somewhat problematic if I'm on the bike at the time.

Sounds like Vernon. He gets slurred speech too -
it's nasty.

As a fellow migrane sufferer of similar symptoms and
frequency, have you tried using ibuprofen to counter them.

I am another who gets the odd migraine. Ibuprofen is pretty
good at preventing an all-out attack if you take it in time
(which for me is far earlier than you). If I don't, then I
am on to the paracodol and a lie down (and hopefully sleep)
in a dark room. I don't know what I would do if I had a full
blown attack whilst out on the bike.

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shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
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I don't know what I would do if I had a full blown attack
whilst out on the bike.

Do as I have done, phone home to get someone to come and
pick you up (or maybe call a taxi). I get the "classic"
migraine symptoms - blurred vision (blind spots, flashing
lights etc.), vomiting, blinding headache etc. and I only
get them very rarely now. I'm fairly certain that when I
was getting them more regularly that it was stress and
diet related. At the time I took feverfew which really
seemed to help.

Graeme