On one hand I am so excited and on the other hand, I am deeply saddened that another in my extended family is suffering in much the same way as I have with her migraines. The excitement is in the ability to pass on the information and knowledge regarding the family history (although extended) and tha...
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The family member is lucky to have you
Jamie Sohn
Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 06:50 PM
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I remember when first diagnosed, I was scared out of my mind, and wished that I knew someone to talk to with the disease. How could my head make me that nauseous, or cause those strange auras, or just suddenly turn on me at the age of 25. No one told me about MOH until I found Teri's forums, and when I got into a car accident, and the pain management ppl wanted to put me on relafen for months, I didn't know any better. It took a long time to get out of MOH.
You'll be able to be there for your family member. Keep them out of status migrainous, teach them about proper medication usage- abortives, rescues, and preventatives. And if they want to chat, they can call you in person. How lucky they are to have such an informed person to help them through things, and to bounce ideas off of. You'll be able to recognize if and when they get "stuck" and aren't making progress with a neuro over their head.
If they had to wind up with this disease, they're lucky that medical science has come as far as it has, and possibly even more- or equally- lucky that they have you in their life to help with the hard times potentially yet to come...