Yesterday I went out for drinks after work to send my coworker J. off on her way to graduate school (jealous!). When I got there, someone was drinking a Rocket Pop, a layered drink with Chambord on the bottom, a mix of lemonade and pear vodka in the middle, and blue curacao on top. It looks just like those red-white-and-blue popsicles my mother would never buy for me because they were more expensive than the plain grape ones.
That looks good, I thought, so I ordered one. A few minutes later I noticed that this place also serves champagne cocktails. You don’t see those very much any more, and although I had planned to only have one drink, I couldn’t leave the bar without having a champagne cocktail. (It was very tasty, too. I used to drink them a lot when I was younger, made with cheap Spanish cava instead of the real thing.)
I didn’t feel tipsy at all, probably due to the huge plate of French fries I’d been sharing. When it was time to leave, I got up, walked through the air-conditioned bar, feeling fine, and then stepped out into the 90 degree street.
Suddenly I felt as though my spine was made of wet towels, limp and heavy at the same time. I made it to the T, waited in the sweltering station hoping I wasn’t gonna pass out, and then got on the air-conditioned train. Much better.
Then, of course, I had to walk the three blocks home from the T station. I stopped at the air-conditioned drug store on my way home to take my blood pressure. 93 over 60, pulse 101. Ugh. I have certainly had BPs in that range before, but combined with the elevated pulse and the terrible weakness/tiredness, it suggested that I wasn’t getting enough blood to my brain.
When I got home, I drank lots of ice water, ate dinner, and went upstairs to pack up my air-conditioned study for the move. Within an hour or two, I felt better.
The moral of the story seems to be, pick your drink wisely, because you only get to have one.
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WOW! I’m surprised that didn’t throw you into a migraine! I can’t handle more than a glass of wine before I’m through, literally. Otherwise, my head is storming in migraine stage. Not to mention what the heat does to me.
Comment by deborah — July 29, 2007 @ 1:17 pm |
That champagne cocktail sounds yummy. Have you ever tried a peach bellini? I think it’s made with champagne mixed with peach syrup.
Comment by Migraine Chick — July 31, 2007 @ 7:51 am |
Deborah – yeah, it’s a miracle, isn’t it? I know it’s different for different people, but for me Inderal has been a godsend – even as it lowered my blood pressure, it was saving me from migraine.
Migraine Chick – if it has champagne in it, I’ve probably drunk it. But the champagne cocktail is my favorite – just champagne, bitters, and a sugar cube.
Comment by migraineur — August 2, 2007 @ 2:17 pm |
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