They're going to take me off everything and give me this DHE every 8 hours for 48 hours. In theory it should break any rebound cycle (since most of the abortives have a tendency to give you headaches if you take too much, and I'm way past the point where anyone can tell if the migraines are from meds or from me.

It's a process that can theoretically be repeated outpatient. He says that a 50% reduction in incidences is a reasonable outcome.

Sure, that's too many, but that's a fuck of a lot less than now.

As to what happens afterwards...don't know. Maybe just back on one or more prophylactics.

Why do you say that?

Heh. In this particular case, they sent me an e-mail about opting-out of their using my customer information to spam me with crap I don't want for marketing purposes. I called the number to opt-out. The automated system, after making me jump through hoops, can't help me. Won't tell me why. Gives me the main AT&T service number to call (doesn't connect me, just gives me the number).

The main customer service number has wait times of over 10 minutes. If I would like to call back, Wednesday-Friday are their least busy times.

Oh MM, one thought on customer service--the effects of offshoring. One of my friends always asks the customer service rep where he/she is located, and most often gets answers like Ireland and India.

That's definitely in my notes of points to address in a section tentatively entitled "Other Bad Management Ideas"

When I go into the ER I've been given IV dilaudid, demerol, phenergan, compazine, benadryl, steroids, toradol, and depakote.

Hmmm. Those all work for pain and/or nausea, but aren't migraine-specific. The IV DHE should pack a mighty punch.

That sounds like an actual plan, ita. That's good.

Let me know if there's anything that DH or I can do to help out, whether it's before, during, or after your stay.

AT&T's customer service is baffled by my question.

I got a book! And, er, already read it. I have lent it to AcrosstheHall!Teacher, who thinks it will get her hip. I cautioned her that, well, maybe not, but it's a great read!

ETA: Although I did not do any turning-the-book-to-face-out, I think I did my part by getting it actually on the shelf -- they hadn't shelved it yet, and had to go get it specifically for me.

EATA: And when the guy was looking it up for me, he read the subtitle out loud. As though I were going to say, "Oh, no, the other book with the same freaky title by the same author." But he seemed amused, which is good.

AT&T's customer service is baffled by my question.

I keep telling you, you've got to stop asking AT&T's customer service how to achieve world peace!

AT&T's customer service is baffled by my question.

*sigh* Okay, and that's the other side of the coin that makes CS reps all over look like concussed monkeys.

Of course it's entirely possible the poor dumb wonk on the other end of Dana's phone is suffering from "Management forgot to tell us that" syndrome. So many times have I been the CS guy saying "No, you're high, we offer nothing like that" only to find out after the call that, oops, we *do* offer that, they just forgot to mention that. Heh. Whups.

Grrrrrrr...

Of course it's entirely possible the poor dumb wonk on the other end of Dana's phone is suffering from "Management forgot to tell us that" syndrome.

Oh, absolutely. It's not her fault that AT&T can't get its shit together. It is her fault, however, that her solution was to connect me to the same number that I'd already told her didn't work.