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 true when I’ve been feeling bad earlier in...Reactions0reactionsComments15 comments
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 least 8 glasses of water a day, the...Reactions0reactionsComments29 comments
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 stroke caused when a blood vessel that supplies...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
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 nearby, looking to offer comfort you when you...Reactions0reactionsComments50 comments
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 that personal essay, things have taken a dramatic...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 pharmacy only to be told your insurance plan...Reactions0reactionsComments20 comments
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 friend or a family member (or someone who...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 roaring, back) isn’t severe enough that I can’t...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
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 this so long that, through the years I...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 migraine disease. Most of us have migraines every...Reactions0reactionsComments26 comments
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 when I stand up.But I feel fine, physically...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
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 my online time to other things. (Speaking of...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 being said, I'm sure that much of what...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
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 great website set up. Donating to migraine disease...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 sushi restaurant and remembered having a lovely dinner...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 I wrote about bibliotherapy/guided reading...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 doctor's prescription (and a low enough salary to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
an outpouring of supportIt's been fewer than twelve hours since I posted a link to this blog on my myspace & facebook pages. I wanted friends & family who were interested to be...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
March 2010 Headache Carnival posted!Diana Lee's at it again, and at last I've gotten it together in time to contribute a post. Check out the March 2010 Headache Blog Carnival, Opening Up to Family...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
One of those daysLast night I said to J., "I feel really hopeful." "Good--you should!" "I always feel hopeful and excited about things, but today feels special. Something really good is going to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments