Stories

I got a port put in about two months ago. My chest/upper body is kinda bony, so the port is very visible. The incision scar is also quite red, and...

I've written in here before about my life trying to live with headaches. I was in Kindergarten the first time I realized that my head hurt, and that it hurt...

It’s hard to concentrate but my head won’t stop wandering. Between the throbbing pain in my head and the bright lights I’m not doing so well today. My “invisible illness”...

Another story? Another story! Okay, the most embarrassing thing about migraines hands down is the memory issues. I can't remember people's names anymore. I often find myself saying, "I remember...

I'm new here and thought I would tell everyone my story. When I was 12, 33 years ago, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was surgically removed and...

07:00 whilst working on a black and white logo and suddenly noticed the beginning of aura in my vision. It was stronger in my right eye but it is both...

I am 53 and really sick of my migraines. I have been getting them since I was a little kid. I remember being about 4 or 5 and hiding in...

Hello all, I've written on here a few years ago. I haven't been on in awhile. My condition is very debilitating because my pain level is down from migraine pain...

That's my matra. One day soon I will have less Chronic Migraines or more time between cluster H/A . At 64 years old with all the different types of medications...

I started having painful migraines in my 50's. Prior to that, I had ocular migraines with no pain. In my teens and early 20's, I had a couple of headache...

I have had migraines for 25 years. I used to get frontal ones, with pain starting between my eyes. Those I got under control. But in the past few years...

Why? Why can't I go outside? Why can't I leave my lights on? Why can't I find the right word? Why can't I spell in the middle of a sentence?...

I am finally caving in. It happened again this morning. I often wonder why I think it will be any different. I guess I'm like Charlie Brown with Lucy and...

I am a female, 64 years old and have been suffering with migraines since I was in my early 20's, if you can believe that. In all these years, I...

I'm not sure I'm a migraine sufferer, but I definitely do identify with "poop headaches". I have understood them for about two years now. One day I had this serious...

Hi! I am a 67 year old female who has lived with headaches for as long as I can remember. As a child, my mother told me that my headaches...

It's the sentence that drives me nuts when people say it! They are the people who mean well and are trying to sympathize, I think, when I am having a...

I am a pediatric registered nurse case manager who had the perfect job and I loved it since I could work from home. That all changed 2 1/2 years ago...

Thank you for allowing me to share my information. I am new to this web site and am grateful for others sharing their experience. I began having severe headaches when...

“Migraine” – that generic word that means to so many people –  “a really bad headache.” Add the fact that everyone knows at least one someone who’s had “really bad...