Migraines: When will they find a cure?

I am on day 3 of migraine hell. I managed through the past two days, but today was too much for me, didn't make it to work. Well, at least to the office. Had pressing issues to follow up on here at home.

I really try not to complain because I think I am a lucky one, most of the time either excedrin (generic) or Maxalt works for me, and I don't have them daily. But d*mn it, I am tired of them interrupting my life. It is hard enough to live through them, but then to have the guilt of missing work, and/or outside commitments, on top of it. Luckily since I am so far away now, I am not often breaking plans with friends/family b/c of them, but still.

I am grateful for modern days to have laptops to keep connected to life. It is great to be able to dim the screen and do stuff. But even that was too much today. And, since I work with all men now, and none are migraineurs, I worry that they won't fully appreciate my situation. I was afraid that I would run into problems when I changed schedules. I still average about 1 migraine a week. On the old schedule, it almost always came on a day off, but now I don't have the luxury of 3 or 4 days a week off. Part of the issue is sleep, I am still not sleeping through the night from the schedule change. The other part is mother nature, I started my cycle yesterday. (I seldom get them, so never know when it will hit, and it doesn't always spawn migraines.) And, on top of it, barometric pressure craziness.

I just needed to vent a bit. I am grateful that this, for the most part, is not a terminal disease, but my goodness, if I had to guess, it probably has taken at least one full year of my life away from me in my 38 years.

off to bed for some more sleep, I hope. Would someone come and massage my head for me? :-(