Information and opinions on Migraine from Jamie at MyMigraineConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/34390/ode-aphasia Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:23:19 -0400 Jamie Trapped in my own head again Trusting no words from my lips I stare blankly And  think of what I should have said Certainly not the stammered stumble That wouldn’t flow from my mouth   So I distrusted it And opened it no more Since all I said was stupid And reflected poorly my thoughts that day, I clammed up and cowered.   Lost in the disease- the gift that keeps on coming   On and on again But this... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/34390/ode-aphasia http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/33862/poetry-losses Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:34:21 -0400 Jamie Spread my tears from where they fall//I must not grieve at all// The loss I feel is real to me// this invisible pain that you can't see.//    New ideas crowd the mind//The right idea is hard to find//I wonder what new days will bring// When I won't feel this same old thing.     http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/33862/poetry-losses http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/31188/verapamil-waiting Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:43:21 -0400 Jamie So, seven days ago, I had my dose of verapamil raised again. I had just finished part 2 of the waiting game, and had seen some good results. Fewer migraines, and less intense migraines. This was compared to the first dose of verapamil- which when compared to the Norvasc was a godsend. I think I'm onto something.   I guess this break from work isn't too awful- it's allowing for me to adjust to the new dose, and my stomach to adjust to the... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/31188/verapamil-waiting http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/28793/weather-migraine Sat, 24 May 2008 17:38:50 -0400 Jamie I can control for all of my other triggers. Simple as that. Don't eat onions, only have a small amount of ice cream, no swimming in chlorinated pools, and it's the road to health.   Now add t-storm.    Poof- migraine.   THe good news is that I'm getting by some weather nowadays, a lot of the weather is a killer for me. I'm not getting Horribly painful (ie 7/10 + ) migraines anymore- and the nausea is there still-... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/28793/weather-migraine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/28137/comfortably Sat, 17 May 2008 18:45:38 -0400 Jamie My head and I haven't been fighting fairly lately. I spent much of the day in bed totally relaxing and eating (like the entire house) but that's okay. I want to keep the bad head things way away from me.   I'd love to have a pain-free week! Maybe this will be the one! http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/28137/comfortably http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/27690/eek-medical-batman Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:29 -0400 Jamie gosh, it's been a long couple of days. had to go to the ER last night, today i had trigger point injections and PT for my elbow.    the er visit was really good- kind doctors and great nurses. Only stuck once- which is like a new record for getting an IV into me. Once the docs heard that I didn't want narcs, he largely let me call the shots. He saw that i knew what i was talking about, and went with it. I wonder if he's gonna try it... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/27690/eek-medical-batman http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/27574/migraineous Sun, 11 May 2008 21:08:55 -0400 Jamie I used to feel lucky when I got a migraine that was a 5 on a pain scale. Recently, my migraines, while not controlled, have been less painful and just a nuisance. (Let's hear it for preventatives starting to work!)    Right now, and for the past day, I'm sitting at a 5, and feel like my head's splitting open. I guess it's all frame of refrence. It's thundering out- weather's my biggest trigger, and this is all it's climbing to. a... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/27574/migraineous http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/26622/moving Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:23:36 -0400 Jamie Angry young girlstares at the vestiges of her 20'ssheds all the baggage and the defenses so that a new woman can emergefrom the Angry young girl.Angry young girl, where are youdid you give in? Are you in me too?Where did we separate-become two?I'm not the angry young girlI'm a different person- I see in the mirrorHer clothing no longer fits-she was much slimmerbut moving constantly in anger will do that to youMadame causehead- the angry young... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/26622/moving http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/25701/wordy-haiku Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:23:08 -0400 Jamie Aphasia strikes me Perfect timing-this meeting To stammer; to speak. http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/25701/wordy-haiku http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/25620/title-poem Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:14:52 -0400 Jamie Grab a rope and hang on As the head sings the familiar song It's pain and somehow you know that it's coming right behind you To tackle the day Anyway   Take a pill and hang on, wait for the verse to end of the song You're still staying here in painland and can't see the other side And it's wrong.   This will end, the song will end, hang on tight- it's not always going to be that long night... (or so I tell myself time and... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/6561/25620/title-poem