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i had my hysterectomy in august 06....... 2 months later i began a migraine spree that i don't see ever stopping.
hopfully when i see the neurologist they can do more to help me.
yes, my doctor was good enough to come here and look around, and they even pass the site along to patients. so they have everything i need to take with me to the neurologist.
i am also being sent to the ear, nose , and throat doctors, as we know sinus surgery is in my future. i was in an accident 10 years ago that shattered the orbital bone, leaving me with bone fragments in my sinus cavity. since the worst of my problems occur around weather changes, my doctor thinks that my sinitis may be triggering my migraines.
It's also possible to use Amerge preventively during one's period. On my doctor's recommendation, that is what I do, and I am very pleased with the results. It's rare that a migraine "breaks through" the preventive Amerge, and if it does, a second Amerge is generally able to abort it.
My general preventive program has also helped reduce the severity of hormonally-triggered migraines, and has also raised the trigger "threshhold." It used to be that any time I hot-flashed, I knew a migraine was soon to follow. Now, my period must be on the way or in progress for hormones to trigger a migraine.
Hormones remain my biggest trigger.
Every so often someone recommends that I try taking hormones to reduce my hormonally-triggered migraines, but so far, I have not wanted to go that route. It's sort of like the hysterectomy; while hormones help some women, they seem to make others worse, and I don't see a reason to take that chance.
My migraines have started since I had a hysterectomy in March of 09. It is now June. I am hoping that it will pass, but I used to have one or two migraines a year, I now have every 15-18 days, when I normally would ovulate.
Hi Kristie
Unfortunately, a hysterectomy does not guarantee that Migraines will get better. It just removes one of our triggers. Our hormones still flucuate, we just don't experience menstruation longer.
We have a great Ask the Clinician question that discusses this question. You can read more about this here: Role of hormones in causing Migraines? This Sharepost may be helpful too: Migraine Disease, Menstrual Migraines, and Hysterectomy.
I hope this helps.
Nancy
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What a great review! Thanks, Nancy.
Betts
Thank you for your kind words.