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What do you do for your migraines, Self? I get them, too, about once in two months. The pain is just terrible, and pain-relievers help very little.

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I had Thurs and Fri off work due to hours already worked and Good Friday. Have 10 days off next week. Let ya know ahead of time. Been at the other place a lot. Nothing you did. Some homophobic bigots here I'm trying not to deal with. My bro came "out" this weekend. He was actually outed by a radio station. He's cool with it. Thought it sort of funny. But he called me to tell me. We had a laugh. Anyone posts homophobic remarks is going to get it with both barrels from me. No hiding behind medieval ignorance, or religion.

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First I try choc milk.....Im allergic to it (usually gives me a migrain BUT if I have one it takes it away.....stange I know. If that doesnt work then I have Imatrex.....high dose migrain pills.

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Thanks, Tam, I will give it a try next time. Hope it won't be too soon, though. What helped me a little last time was washing my forehead and temples with some perfume. I remembered reading in some nineteenth-century novels that some ladies who had migraines did it. It actually seemed to help

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this is a fish pie recipe I use to impress people and take them a step closer to heart failure. It can be toned down quite extensively on the fat-and-cheese side. An excellent thing to do is leave the skins on the potatos

The whole fish pie thing is one of the most homely, comforting and ?moreish? dinners I can think of. This is a cracking recipe, which does it for me.

6 large potatoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch squares
2 free-range eggs
2 large handfuls fresh spinach, trimmed and washed
1 onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, halved and finely chopped
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup heavy cream
2 good handfuls grated mature Cheddar or Parmesan
1 lemon, juiced
1 heaped teaspoon English mustard
1 large handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 pound haddock or fresh cod fillet, skin removed, pin-boned and sliced into strips
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Nutmeg, optional

Serving suggestions: peas, greens, baked beans, and tomato ketchup

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Put the potatoes into salted boiling water and bring back to a boil for 2 minutes. Carefully add the eggs to the pan and cook for a further 8 minutes until hard boiled, by which time the potatoes should also be cooked. At the same time, steam the spinach in a colander above the pan. This will only take a minute. When the spinach is done, remove from the colander and gently squeeze any excess moisture away. Then drain the potatoes in the colander. Remove the eggs, cool under cold water, then peel and quarter them. Set aside.

In a separate pan slowly fry the onion and carrot in a little olive oil for about 5 minutes, then add the heavy cream, and bring just to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the cheese, lemon juice, mustard, and parsley.

Put the spinach, fish and eggs into an appropriately sized earthenware dish and mix together, pouring over the creamy vegetable sauce. The cooked potatoes should be drained and mashed, add a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and a touch of nutmeg, if you like. Spread on top of the fish. Don't bother piping it to make it look pretty, it's a homely hearty thing. Place in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes until the potatoes are golden. Serve with some nice peas or greens, not forgetting the baked beans and tomato ketchup. Tacky but tasty, and that?s what I like.

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