My mom is nearing her seventies, and I try to talk to her a few times every week. Usually I wind up talking to her on my commute home from work (using my hands-free cell phone, of course). The conversation usually drifts to health topics, and, a lot of the times, my migraines come up.Her first question to me is usually, “how have you been... Read more
I know there’s never a “best time” to get a migraine, but for me, I’d rather get one when I’m surrounded by the familiar. Whether it’s at home or even at work, there’s something comforting about knowing where things are when I need them: where the dark corner is, where the best bathroom is, where I can get away from the loud... Read more
I was surfing the web recently and noticed a couple of news items that might be of interest to migraineurs.As many of you know, my current preventative is Topamax. I almost always refer to Topamax by its brand name instead of its generic name “Topiramate,” because up until now, there hasn’t been a generic available in the US. Well, on... Read more
It probably started as a small number of particles so small that you’d need an electron microscope to see them. By random chance, my daughter came in contact with those particles, and also by random chance, those particles made their way into her mouth and into her digestive system. There, they latched onto her gastrointestinal epithelial... Read more
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