Stories

For more than two decades I was in the dark as to what was causing so much pain in the upper abdomen near the lower rib cage. The modern medicine...

It’s the eighth standard. I am 13. I need to study for a class test for 25 marks the very next day. It is a five-page chapter in the biology...

Little pills in my hand Will you be kind? Will you send migraine away? Will you be cruel And leave me suffering? And how will you treat me tomorrow? Tomorrow/today...

The abdominal migraines have a peculiar trigger which I realized about two weeks ago. After yesterday’s obvious tightening of the upper abdomen, I understand it better and now I find...

I have been a migraine sufferer since the age of 14. I have tried everything under the sun and beyond, to no avail. When triptans came on the market in...

I am writing this essay after finishing the essay "I Say Yes To Changes and Also No". I am riding the surge of the urge to write. Often, I don’t...

Any change in the external environment affects my condition to some extent. If the change is drastic, I see a flare-up in multiple symptoms. This sounds funny to me since...

For me, it started in my 50s. At first it was aura only, it was like a flashlight blinding my left eye. After a couple of those I got the...

Yesterday, I experienced brain fog throughout the day, not just a regular brain fog but an intensified one. It lasted the whole day. And now, the next morning, I still...

I started having migraines at the age of 13. At that time they were manageable. I got married when I was 21 and started taking birth control pills. They seemed...

I have been absent lately, due to my final flights to see my mother. I have also had to part ways with my brother, he has his own path to...

Sometimes, I play fast fast fast. Sometimes, I play slowly. Sometimes, sometimes, I never know. Sometimes, I see my four fingers Gliding down the fretboard. Sometimes, sometimes, I never know...

Hello everyone, I seem to develop rather interesting changes in my migraines. Pain is not so bad lately - let's say from 0-10 I would score 1-2 even compared to...

In response to a member, I feel devastated for you as I can feel your pain. I have suffered migraine since the age of 10... I am now 54. I...

After observing for a few years how my neuro thingy (aka migraine) affects my writing, I see that I hardly have anything called writer’s block. What may seem like writer’s...

I’m on the couch. There’s a full basket of unfolded laundry on the chair. Next to me, here, are blankets I used last night to sleep in front of the...

I had radiation and neck surgery 11 years ago. I had side effects and they have gotten a lot worse. I found myself in the hospital last year and the...

I know, I know. Too long a title for an essay. But it got me revved up like the engine of a Mercedes Benz. The time when I can’t make...

I tried going to the gym regularly from the years 2010 to 2021. In February 2022, I decided I won’t bother myself with such a dream anymore. It was high...

Chronic illness is a full-time job, One that requires the utmost precision, In taking care of self day after day. There is no eight-hour-a-day routine, One-hour lunch break, two tea...