Sharing our stories, finding our strengthsIf you’re a real-life friend of mine, you know a lot about the bookstore (http://www.avidbookshop.com) I’m opening and a lot about the...reactionscomments
Coping with others’ concernMy family and friends are very loving and supportive when it comes to my chronic illness, but sometimes their concern can feel...reactions2comments
It’s the Little ThingsToday I had a business meeting with an Athens person whom I've known for a couple of years--she's been helping me with...reactions3comments
Food, glorious food!Sometimes when I wake up with a migraine I think to myself, “What have I done to deserve this?!” This rings especially...reactions15comments
Water, water, everywhereHere’s another thing I learned about the human body over the last couple of years: though people do of course require at...reactions29comments
Stroke Risk in Migraine Patients is Increased—Poor Outcomes are NotMigraine, and in particular, migraine with aura has been shown to be a risk factor for ischemic stroke , a type of...reactions1comment
What can we learn from migraine alert dogs?Do other people often warn you that you're going to get a migraine? Have you even noticed that your dog starts hovering...reactions50comments
We need a maid.I’ve written before about what it’s like to have a partner who also suffers from chronic pain, but ever since I wrote...reactionscomments
What Can You Do When Your Insurance Limits Your Migraine Prescriptions?If you use prescription medications to treat your migraine attacks, you may have had the experience of bringing a prescription to the...reactions20comments
How do we know who has our best interests at heart?We migraine bloggers are well aware of major migraine-related headlines. If we don’t catch these big stories firsthand, a reader or a...reactionscomments
Thanks for being thereI’ve been having a crappy weekend, health-wise. Luckily my migraine (which will dissipate for a few hours and then come creeping, not...reactions6comments
Do you have any tips or tricks to help Migraineurs survive the holidays?This is one of my favorite subjects. Not because I have a perfect life during the holidays, but because I have done...reactions2comments
What Options Are Available When Migraine Makes You Unable to Work?There are about 30 million migraine patients in the United States, and our work situations are impacted in vastly different ways by...reactions26comments
This strange sicknessI’m not used to having crappy days that aren’t migraine-related.This feeling is strange and uncomfortable—I almost expect to feel my head pounding...reactions3comments
Wishful thinking?I don't blog much about migraine disease anymore, but that's not because the disease is behind me, it's just that I devote...reactions2comments
Aspartame fears strike againThis article strikes me as a little alarmist, and I can't seem to completely trust the content on the Huffington Post. That...reactions5comments
Support migraine research & perhaps win a prize!The tireless folks at the Migraine Research Foundation (who happen to be very supportive of health bloggers like me) have a really...reactions2comments
The lost dayAround lunchtime today, I was rooting around the kitchen, looking for something to snack on. I saw a to-go box from a...reactions2comments
April Migraine Blog Carnival posted!Check it out here. I submitted an old post but it's not on the blog carnival page for some reason. Here's what...reactionscomments
Perfect timingI've mentioned before how grateful I am to have discovered the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. I enrolled quite a while ago--with my...reactions2comments
