Migraine with a Capital "M"

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If you're a writer, you probably know that it's technically incorrect to capitalize the word Migraine. According to all the style guides, only diseases and conditions that are named for a person, such as Alzheimer's, should be capitalized. I once had an editor who insisted that I stop capita...

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Diana Lee
Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 02:37 AM

I totally respect where you're coming from on this issue and your right to make this choice.

I choose to follow AP style on my blog, which says that disease names are only capitalized if they are named after a person, such as Parkinson's disease.

But from an advocacy standpoint, your position makes perfect sense.

Capital M for eMphasis
betsyb
Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 11:07 AM

I, too, appreciate your logic and applaud your use of a capital M for Migraine. As a writer and editor with AP rules deep in my brain, I can't personally follow suit. But I think it's a good idea, and although I knew your reasoning, it didn't occur to me that emphasizing the word migraine to separate it from "headaches" was one of your objectives (and that's a great one).

And athough I don't capitalize the "m," I certainly don't mind if other people do. I also debate whether capitalizing migraine seems too inconsistent with diabetes, epilepsy, fibromyalgia or any other serious disease that isn't capitalized. Maybe we could start a movement to change the rules and capitalize all names of serious diseases!

Promoting awareness and real understanding is the ultimate goal, and if capitalizing a letter helps, more power to all of us! Thank you, Teri.

Betsy

Wrong for the right reasons
Antiquityhill
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 10:37 AM

As you know, this is currently an issue for me as well. I was perfectly happy to leave the little 'm' alone until I began going online, first while looking for thyroid information. HypOthyroid and HypERthyroid often contained capitalizations which made the document both easier to read as well as giving emphasis on the variation of the disease. When I informally adopted this technique, it went against everything I had been taught about writing. However, when I included the errant capitalizations, I began to get letters from people thanking me for doing so, because it made reading and understanding the complicated information so much easier for them.

Isn't that the job of an advocate - to make the difficult easy?

Is change always a bad thing?

I appreciate the capitalizations for the very reasons you mention Teri, and seeing them throughout your websites emphasized that fact to me. Although my readers unfortunately won't be finding an errant 'M' in my newsletter, they'll find plenty of them throughout my blog and other writing activities, and I truly appreciate that freedom.

With any luck, perhaps there will come a time when the names of illnesses will also warrant capilized status. Until then, I guess I'm a bit more of a rebel than I thought I was. :)

I guess it's true when you hear...

"Well behaved women rarely make history."

The power of words
Glenn Stewart Coles
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:17 PM

The first step in overcoming migraines is believing they can be overcome. Capitalizing the word 'migraine' only gives it more power. The key reason that people hang on to their migraines is that they do not feel empowered over their body. Using a capital M only increases the perception of incurability. The same situation occurs with 'group classifications' like migraineur.

The reality is that migraines CAN BE ELIMINATED without medication. Whether you believe it or not, it is the truth. The more that you convince people that migraines are incurable, the more people will experience the condition. If that is your objective, you are doing fine. If you REALLY want to help people, start writing about personal empowerment and healing instead of pharmaceutical solutions.

I expect you won't publish this, but I had to speak my mind.

re: The power of words
Teri Robert
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:32 PM

Glenn,

I'm usually more polite, but since you're so obtuse that you have understood nothing I've said to you in the past, I'm going to be blunt. You're a total jerk, and an uninformed one at that. Essentially, you blame this disease and its debilitating effects on us, the Migraineurs. That kind of thinking went out eons ago.

You can criticize me all you want. You can say you USED to have Migraines all you want. The bottom line is that you're mistake and/or misguided. And you're rude about it to boot.

You know what, Glenn. If you're so sure you're right, you'll accept a challenge. Contact some major journalists about this -- people at the Washington Post or New York Times. If you're right, there's a victory in it for you and a Pulitzer for them! With a Pulitzer at state, any reporter would love it.

I'll not reply to you again. It's a total waste of time.

Teri

re: The power of words
Abi A
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 03:45 PM

I'm not Teri, and I don't have to be nice. Glenn, you're an unmitigated ass! I've seen you all over the place posting this crap to people. The only Migraines that can be eliminated with your methods are those people like you experience, Migraines that weren't Migraines at all.

You tick me off, so I repeat, YOU'RE AN ASS!

Abi

re: The power of words
Eileen Gray
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:02 PM

We have a word for people like you who like to search the net and slam others.......

TROLL!!!!

Get a life and stop bothering people who are just trying to live theirs.

We are not bothering you, so why do you find it so amusing to bother us?

Jerk!

re: The power of words
Arabella
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:03 PM

My, my, my. Aren't you the smug, supercilious one!?

I went through a period of time when I listened to people like you. I bought it hook, line, and sinker. Beleived that I could take power over my body, that my mind and beliefs could control my Migraines and high blood pressure. All that accomplished was my nearly having a stroke.

I agree with Abi!

Arabella

re: The power of words
Heather
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 04:44 PM

Glen,

If only it were that easy, don't you think we'd all get on board with that. Why do you think we all would want to be hurting so much! NO, I don't want a reply back from you. It's simply minded people like you that make it hard for those of us with migraines to be understood. People simply think we just have a "headache". This is a disease that affects our lives in so many different ways. Let me repeat this for you. It is a neurological DISEASE!. It will never go away. I suggest you look up disease in the dictionary.

re: The power of words
Megan Oltman
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 05:49 PM

Glenn I don't know what you're trying to accomplish, you are not going to help anyone by antagonizing the people who are doing the most to help. If your statement here made any sense, then those of us writing, blogging, coaching and advocating around Migraine would have an increase in Migraines since starting to capitalize the word. Go try and get a study funded for that, why don't you! Hasn't happened!

Since you seem to think your (one person's, anecdotal) experience of overcoming whatever pain you were having in your head, should mean as much as the weight of years of medical learning and research about this (known, documented) Neurological Disease, I'll give you my (one person's, anecdotal) experience in response. Since learning about Migraine Disease, getting involved in this powerful community of Migraineurs and Advocates, I have been much better able to manage my Migraines, have been empowered, active, working, productive, and effective, much more than ever before with this Disease.

You want to turn the clocks back to old, discredited psychosomatic theories. You're on your own there. Or is it magic you believe in? If so, watch out, I just made Migraine, Neurology, Disease and Advocacy all real by capitalizing them! Uh-oh! What's next? We could perhaps rend the fabric of the space-time continuum! Sound like science fiction? Well, so do you!

re: The power of words
dragondrool
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 07:26 PM

So, if capitalization increases the perception of incurability, then I'd say you're faced with a triple whammy, Glen Stewart Cole. Look at all those capitals! By this logic, you've all but admitted that you're incurable three times over, and you know, the third time's the charm. You've certainly convinced us that you're an incurable jerk at the very least. You're spot on with the notion that we don't believe in your magic "cure" for migraine. You're not going to convert us by inflicting yourself on us and being obnoxious. You might as well get lost.

re: The power of words
JulieKay
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 09:00 PM

Greetings Glen,

You seem to feel that you are quite knowledgeable in the subject of the treatment of Migraine Disease and the ability of one to be able to over come the disability of severe attacks without the use of medications :). I always find this approach interesting as I do a lot of yoga and deep meditation. We actually have a very old and quite peaceful willow in the yard that emits the most wonderful energy and it is completely soothing to sit in her roots and meditate under her branches.

But since you seem to be so in touch on the subject of mind over matter perhaps you can answer a question. I have a very rare form of Migraine called Hemiplegic Migraine. I am sure you are familiar with these but for readers who may not be, they are caused by some genetic chromosomal defects that cause misfiring in the calcium ion channels of the brain. Interestingly enough is that some of the research going on with HM is also indicating likely genetic links for other types of Migraines.

My attacks are symptomatic of stroke without the infarction and presently I am in a hyperactive cycle of those "misfiring" so I am having 6 to 8 full attacks per day. So here is my question.... since we Migraine suffers use this term as "empowerment" to "allow" ourselves to continue to suffer, how does that apply here? I this to imply that we are able to alter our genetic and chemical coding to “cure” our disease?

I really do believe that this does show that you are generalizing a bit much and that perhaps you are a bit behind on current research.

Eileen, hun, I hate to say it but a true troll will at least have the gall to return and rebut/ reply to responses. I honestly do not think that deal Glen here will take the time after wasting ours.

peace

Juliekay

re: The power of words
Mary in NM
Friday, September 05, 2008 at 11:31 PM

Dear Glen, Juliekay has already told you about HM and the genetic component. How bout the Hemipeligic Migraine sufferer that doesn't even know that they have them? Idoits like you are part of the reason why I failed to be misdiagnosised with HM for the last 17 years. You maybe had a headache once in your life and figured out how to get rid of it for you but that doesn't give you the right to become everyone else's. Positive thinking begins with getting rid of negative thinking and your type is the most damaging.

re: The power of words
MaxJerz
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 02:07 AM

Using a capital M increases the perception of the incurability of Migraine? Maybe because THERE IS NO CURE!

(And I wrote that in all caps, just to increase your perception of that statement.)

re: The power of words
MedievalWriter
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 03:35 AM

GLEN!!

I Have Issued Challenges To You Before About Your Theories. You Won't Respond.

Glen!!

Become Empowered Over Your Ego!! Take Control Of Your Fear of Being Embarrassed By Girls Who Are Right!! Begin To Capitalize Your Empowerment And You Will Believe!!

Follow Teri Robert's Advice About Contacting A Major Media Source About Your Theories Or Rise To the Challenge Of A Good Ol' Argument With This Girl Who Will Also Win, Or You Will Continue To Be Ridiculed And Belittled.

Is This Fun For You? Does It Give You A Charge In The Bizkit To Be Whittled Down To Size By Girls Who Are Right?

It Sure Does Loads For ME!!

~Suzie Migraine

re: re: The power of words
Glenn Stewart Coles
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Actually, I respond almost every week on my blog.

You are welcome to read and make comments there.

Here's the thing. I speak from experience and attempt to share what I have learned. I fully realize that there is not one solution for everyone... we are each unique souls. However, what if my theories are correct for only 10% of people who experience migraines? If so, millions of people could experience a better life without the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. Millions more could reduce the frequency and severity of their migraines. We do not have to be passive observers of our neurological activity.

If you believe that you cannot heal, you are right.

Comment HERE. Put up or shut up.
Teri Robert
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 01:50 PM

Oh, no, Glenn. You're not going to post the URL to your blog here and try to move this discussion there. You started it HERE, you can finish it HERE, or you can just be gone.

So, are you going to accept my challenge? If not, once again, be gone. I left your comments, but will not tolerate your coming here and posting as you please, then not responding to people.

Teri

re: Comment HERE. Put up or shut up.
Glenn Stewart Coles
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 03:32 PM

Hello Teri; I apologize for appearing rude. We both want to help people and just have a difference in our core beliefs. I also apologize for awakening emotional comments from some of the readers but choose not to respond to them. Instead, I will address some other comments:

Teri

"So, are you going to accept my challenge?"

Yes, absolutely. I will initiate that process next week.

"Essentially, you blame this disease and its debilitating effects on us, the Migraineurs."

I am not blaming people for their migraines. Instead I am explaining that people have more power than they realize.

Eileen

"why do you find it so amusing to bother us?"

It is not my intention to bother anyone. It is my intention to make public a concept that can help a lot of people. Believe it or not, when I post a comment on someone’s blog it is my intention to offer helpful information.

Megan

"is it magic you believe in"

Check out ‘Every Word has Power’ by Yvonne Oswald.

Julie Kay

"I have a very rare form of Migraine called Hemiplegic Migraine"

I do not contend that everyone has the same path, only that everyone can benefit from empowerment. As you sit in peaceful meditation beneath the willow tree, please remember that Buddha identified that ‘suffering’ is a choice. How you react to the ‘ionic misfiring’ has an influence on your experience.

"perhaps you are a bit behind on current research

Research and marketing focus on pharmaceutical solutions because it is very profitable. Perhaps relief from migraines simply involves opening some new doors.

 

Mary

"Positive thinking begins with getting rid of negative thinking and your type is the most damaging."

Positive thinking has helped me eliminate migraines. I believe it is positive to share a story of healing with hope that others can benefit from my experience.

Amigraineur52

"Either you never had Migraine Disease or you have had the good fortune of going into remission. I am really happy for you, I wish spontaneous remission happened more often."

I hope that spontaneous remission happens more often as well.

That is why I am writing my blog.

Glenn Stewart Coles

re: re: Comment HERE. Put up or shut up.
Teri Robert
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 04:32 PM

Glenn,

I want you to know what I consider rude. "The more that you convince people that migraines are incurable, the more people will experience the condition. If that is your objective, you are doing fine. If you REALLY want to help people, start writing about personal empowerment and healing instead of pharmaceutical solutions." You question my work, methods, and essentially ethics in that excerpt. I found it rude and insulting.

Your certainty that your way is right and mine is wrong and harmful as well as your very abrupt way of expressing yourself is what has made you unwelcome here.

As for my challenge to you, I expect you and whatever reporter you work with to do far more than write about your beliefs and contentions. I expect you to prove that it works for documented Migraineurs, not anonymous people who write "testimonials." If you want us to believe that what you say has any worth, we will have to be able to verify it for ourselves, just as the Pulitzer commmittee would. I expect you to give as much evidence as a pharmaceutical company would before I'd believe their product might help. You must prove that you can cure Migraines since you want me to quit saying they're incurable.

Teri

PS: If you think pharmaceuticals are so bad, why do you make $$ on your web site from Google ads for pharmaceuticals?

re: re: re: Comment HERE. Put up or shut up.
Glenn Coles
Monday, September 08, 2008 at 09:56 PM

Hi Teri. A friend told me that my comments were 'exceedingly harsh' and I agree. I apologise for my rudeness. I am also learning from the other posters and thank them for providing their viewpoints. Upcoming blogs will be influenced by what I have read here.

Your challenge has intrigued me. For my theories to be accepted there must be others who attest to it. Until then they are just theories. Research requires the ability to replicate, though sometimes a result is discovered years before the method of replication. Ultimately, if my theories have any weight they will move beyond the anecdotal to the practical.

As for google, yes that is a moral dilemma for me. Am I encouraging people to find pharmaceutical solutions by displaying the ads? Or am I utilizing funding by the pharmaceuticals to help reduce their sales? Either way is a rationalization on my part.

re: re: Comment HERE. Put up or shut up.
JulieKay
Monday, September 08, 2008 at 10:47 AM

  

Greetings again Glen,

I am rather surprised for the reply but thank you. Yes I do agree that the way you respond to the chemical reactions can perhaps make some difference in the “reaction” of the Migraine but it does not change the way reaction is processed in the neural components of the brain, especially since many of these components are preprogrammed to convert these chemical/neural transmissions the way they do. For me, as I said, it is much like a stroke without the infarction. Just as a stroke patient may recognize what is happening, it doesn’t not mean that they can control the manner in which it happens. IMHO (and that of a growing number of the scientific community doing pure research on these matters) this applies also to Migraine Disease not matter the subtype as it is a chemical/neural response.

As far as the studies that I am referring to go, yes if you look at the ones testing and promoted by the drug companies then they do push the all drug cure – how else do they make money? I am referring to the pure genetic studies that are looking at the faulty genetic coding and how each of those “defects” singly or combined create the abnormal chemical and neural transmissions. Knowing the base components of why these diseases develop may not be a “cure” but it does lead to better understanding and support for those that have suffered needlessly for years.

May peace and better knowledge be with you,

Julie

re: re: Comment HERE. Put up or shut up.
amigraineur52
Monday, September 08, 2008 at 04:49 PM

Amigraineur52

"Either you never had Migraine Disease or you have had the good fortune of going into remission. I am really happy for you, I wish spontaneous remission happened more often."

I hope that spontaneous remission happens more often as well.

That is why I am writing my blog.

My response to you is that you are misinterpreting the meaning of "spontaneous remission". Remission means that the symptoms disappear and/or there is no evidence for the disease. It also means that the symptoms may return. Spontaneous means that remission would have happened regardless of what treatment was given. You are not advocating for spontaneous remission or any other kind of remission. You patently state that migraines can be cured.

Look BEFORE you speak...
Abi A
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 06:59 PM

Glenn,

One of the other things you said to Teri was, " If you REALLY want to help people, start writing about personal empowerment and healing instead of pharmaceutical solutions."

You obviously have not read this site very well. Nor do you know all that Teri has taught us here or that she will say what she feels should be said about "pharmaceutical solutons," good or bad, even those owned by pharmaceutical companies that advertise here.

Maybe you should take a look at more of what she's written including:

• Is Stress a Migraine Trigger?

• Make Your Home Friendly During a Migraine

• Patients As Consumers - Managing Healthcare and the HealthCare Team

• Your Rights To Your Medical Records

Teri was one of a VERY few advocates who went to Washignton last year for Headache on the Hill to try to get more research funding for us. She wrote about it here and let us know when we could email our congressmen and senators to address that issue.

So, before you tell her what she should write about if she "REALLY" wants to help people, maybe you should consider the thousands and thousands of people SHE has helped and ask yourself if you even come close.

THAT, Glen, is another reason I still think you're an ASS.

Abi

re: re: The power of words
MedievalWriter
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 11:38 PM

Glenn!!!

Even The Placebo Effect Can Be Repeated By The Scientific Method!

Am I Hearing That You Start Arguments Other Places And Then Run Away To The Safety Of Your Own Blog??

TROLL!!

*poofs the troll with a smoky quartz wand to absorb all his negativity*

"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."

The Frenchman from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

re: The power of words
amigraineur52
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 12:37 PM

Glen,

Teri posted your response on the Migraine forum without your name, but I knew you wrote it by the content. You are patently uninformed; you are a nusiance, and you promote erroneous information on shareposts and blogs (mine included). Migraine Disease is a neurological disease that has a genetic component. There is no cure, but sometimes people go into remission for years without the need for medication. Guess what, men are more likely than women to experience remission.

So, Glen Stewart Coles, either you never had Migraine Disease or you have had the good fortune of going into remission. I am really happy for you, I wish spontaneous remission happened more often. But just because it happened for you, don't assume that it will happen for everyone and that it is a case of mind over matter. If it were that simple, most of us wouldn't have Migraines.

re: The power of words
Megan Oltman
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 03:38 PM

Glenn - if there's a space to comment on your blog, I haven't found it, and I've looked several times. Maybe you added it.

In any case, if 10% of people are helped by using your techniques, fine. But that's not where your posts and writing come from. They come from "I'm right, you're wrong, and my way is the only way." You won't win friends that way, especially when you're going against the dedicated medical professionals who make it their life's work to study this.

There is a big inconsistency between that statement (maybe my ideas can help a few people) and the rest of your statements, which imply that your theory is the only way to think about it. If you accuse us of making our Migraines real by believing in them, and/or by capitalizing them, you are invalidating all Migrianeurs. You can't have it both ways. If you take yourself outside of the proven medical understanding of Migraine, you invalidate your own theories. As I wrote in my first post responding to you on my blog, there are those lucky few whose Migraines are triggered by only one thing, or who find that only one technique, medication, or practice helps them, but for most of us, the disease is more complex than that.

Look up spontaneous remission. Congrats if you've had one. I had one. I had no Migraine attacks from Feb. '97 until around late '01. That was wonderful!

At the time I was doing lots of personal development courses so I thought maybe that had something to do with it. Who knows, maybe it lowered my stress level, at least, but the Migraines came back but good after that.

Guess what, I was just as "empowered" "well-adjusted" and "personally evolved" when they came back as when I didn't have them. I didn't get up one day and say, "Oh, that was fun, but now I'm going to believe in Migraine again because I don't have enough pain in my life or enough to complain about!" I did get older and have my hormone profile shift. Gee, you think...?

re: re: The power of words
Glenn Stewart Coles
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 04:12 PM

Hi Megan.

I do not question the values of dedicated medical professionals, only the direction of research. Pharmaceutical companies sponsor research with the intention of creating products to sell. I contend that migraine elimination can be achieved through personal shift rather than by swallowing something. I am not suggesting that it is easy or for everyone, just that it is achievable.

 

I appreciate your comments that my writing resonates with ‘my way is the only way’. That approach is a response to the message that ‘drugs are the only way’. Perhaps somewhere there is a middle ground. I will also remind myself about your comments as I write future posts.

 

As for comments on my blog, I had to set moderation after some spam attacks. At the bottom of each post beneath ‘Post a comment’ is a sentence ‘You must be logged in to post a comment’. Click on ‘logged in’ to proceed. I plan to be quite liberal with the comments that I approve so I would be pleased to hear your opinion.

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Megan Oltman
Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 06:04 PM

If what you're taking away from this site is "drugs are the only way" you are not reading deeply. People on this site use, and advocate, a well-rounded (dare I say wholistic?) view to dealing with Migraines, including (among other things) meditation, acupuncture, massage, diet, crystal therapy, trigger-avoidance, and appropriate use of medications. However, in light of recent research that indicates that more than 3 Migraine attacks per month can lead over time to brain damage, and the fact that 47% of Migraineurs have more than 3 attacks per month, and that those in most need of support are the ones with more frequent attacks, AND those are the people who are most likely to frequent this site - well, add that all up and yes you will see a lot of discussion of medication on this site. Appropriately so.

I agree that there are inherent conflicts involved in our pharmaceutical production being governed by a profit motive. However, that does not mean that drugs don't save lives and prevent or mitigate disability. It's not black & white, either/or. We need drugs available, and we need much better choices in drugs than we have now, because psychological approaches and meditation cannot by themselves Cure this disease. The people you have been accusing of creating their Migraines through their own beliefs are many of them devoted followers of meditation, relaxation, psychological therapy, etc. These approaches can reduce frequency, they can help, but cannot change our inherent neurological make-up. I use supplements and diet to care for my overall health, but if I get appendicitis you bet I will go willingly to that surgeon. If I am at risk of brain damage, you bet I will take the drugs that reduce that risk.

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amigraineur52
Monday, September 08, 2008 at 04:52 PM

Glenn, Thanks for explaning how to post a comment on your blog. The elusive part was having to click on "logged in". You will be hearing from me.

re: The power of words
Leeloo
Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 05:54 PM

Glen,

We can appreciate what you're trying to say. Unfortunately, you do not have the depth of research or understanding that many here do. All you have is your own testimony. I have to wonder if you were truly having Migraines.

What makes you think that Migraine is a cookie-cutter disease? Don't you think that if we could all apply your theories and be done with head pain, stomach woes, depression, and loss of relationships/jobs that we would? Do you even understand that the people who post in these forums are the people who are the most difficult cases to treat? How many of us, do you think, have run the gammut of "cures" or tried over and beyond only to be frustrated and let down time and time again?

I'll ask you what I ask the Caffeine Man. What about cases that, while rare, spontaneously resolve after PFO closure? What about women whose Migraines stop after menopause? Surely menopause is a stressful situation for many women. What about the fact that men have a higher threshold for pain than women do, which is why male Migraineurs with severe cases are rare and men experience Migraine less than women? I know men can and do experience Migraine, but men, with job stress and still the overwhelming majority to carry family through, how come they don't experience Migraine as much as women?

You can't answer many of thoe questions because you think this is all psychosomatic, and not biological, which the overwhelming majority of evidence points to.

You do nothing but sit at your computer and talk about how things can change for people if they only do what you say. I'll issue you a challenge too: Join the forum family, read the articles, learn about our family here and what we are doing for each other and then see if you can say the same thing, or issue the same sentiment about your therapies. Maybe you'll find out, afterall, what Migraine really is. Not what YOU think it is (contrary to the beliefs of thousands of doctors who work to help us around the world, really, who died and made you the ultimate authority, anyway?)

Otherwise, I suggest you take your own advice and leave us alone, because you're only empowering US more.

re: The power of words
Hamadrys
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 07:07 AM

Wow...that is probably the stupidest thing I have ever read on migraines, Glenn.

I believe that only God can heal me from my migraines if He chooses to do so. In the meantime, meds are my allies to fight the pain. I doubt that the little power of my own "positive will" could do anything for some neurological disease.

You really need to leave people alone rather than trying to make them believe in fairy tales.

re: re: The power of words
Glenn Stewart Coles
Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 03:36 PM

I thank everyone for your responses which accelerated my learning curve. Your comments and suggestions have influenced the tone of my web page.