The Migraine Girl

Diana Lee at Somebody Heal Me has granted me the honor of being the June host for her remarkably helpful and informative Migraine & Headache Blog Carnival. June's theme is...

Today I woke with yet another migraine--perhaps it's the same one I've had since Friday and it keeps coming to the surface whenever I'm not under the influence of various...

I was interviewed for WEGO Health's spotlight feature! Check it out here...

Check out this month's Migraine & headache blog carnival. Here's the link. This month's theme is "Migraines & Exercise: How do You Stay Active?"...

Jenni over at ChronicBabe.com wrote a post recently that really hit home, so much so my eyes teared up in empathy several times. I thought I'd share it here...

I'm at my favorite local coffee joint, Jittery Joe's (which is now opening franchises around, though the Five Points location in Athens shall never be beat!). Back when I used...

The April Pain Blog Carnival is now posted at How to Cope with Pain. The entry I provided is one several of you have probably read before, but I thought...

You may have read about Health Central's Migraine & Headache Poetry Contest here on my blog or somewhere else on the net. Yesterday, the winners were announced! I haven't gotten...

I've found the more I learn about Migraine disease--what it is and what it is not--the stronger my tendency to deliver unsolicited advice to strangers and friends alike. Just tonight...

I'm nearing my second day of the steroids. Granted, I took my first set of pills last evening around 8:30, so really the first and second days' worth of 'roids...

My neurologist called in a cortisone pack, and my dear friend and neighbor A. is going to pick it up from the pharmacy for me. Apparently I take varying doses...

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This is always an exciting, helpful day out there in the world of headache disorders. Take a look at the page, which is chock full of different folks' perspectives regarding...

I have used very similar analogies in the past, but this author, Christine Miserandino, uses spoons as a metaphor for the limited amount of energy she has each day as...

That's me, all right. With renewed hope and energy, I applied for an insurance plan yet again a few weeks back. Last week an agent from the insurance company called...

It's probably the changing of the seasons. At least that's what I'll blame for my increased jaw pain (I didn't think the constant ache could get any worse!) and general...

Someone on MyMigraineConnection mentioned getting free and/or affordable medications through programs found on this site, Partnership for Prescription Assistance. I just finished filling out my applications and am hopeful! I...

This is a pretty interesting update! It's certainly not surprising. I feel that those of us in the blog community (readers and writers both) are helping each other similarly!...

I'm pretty thrilled about The New York Times migraine blog, as you probably will have noticed by now. From the first day I spotted it, I noticed that Jeff Tweedy...

I awoke this morning around 8 AM knowing I'd have a migraine soon. I made myself eat some breakfast, and I had a cup of tea (two teabags: one traditional...