RECLAIMING MY BRAIN

I am encouraged by Teri's SharePost.  Many of my friends on Facebook are claiming that 2009 is the year!  2008 has personally been very difficult for me.  I have had migraines for nearly 30 years, but this year they have gone out of control.  It is only coming toward the end of the year that I am finding some resolve with a new medication that surprisingly was not intended to be prescribed for my migraines.  Several new diagnoses have come about including 2 genetic disorders with 3 very naughty genes that have contributed to my headaches and potentially to other complications including at least one TIA and a new diagnosis of nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment.  These are all things I will need to learn how to accept as well as the potential for future memory decline.  It is showing in difficulty in learning new things.  However, I am not looking to the negative in this coming new year, but to the positive in that I am on a very personal campaign to RECLAIM MY BRAIN from all that has been attacking it this past year.  The Namenda has helped in many many ways.  I am seeing much more clearly, brighter, and the headaches are not nearly as severe.  Yes, there are some really bad days, but one bad day is better than seven in a row.  I am attempting to learn a new computer program as well as be reassigned a new position so I can earn the rest of my retirement benefits. 

I am happy to have found a place like My Migraine Connection to learn about other options and to see if I was on the right track!

Have a happy, less painful and prosperous 2009 everyone!

Chris