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pattiofozad

pattiofozad

Sunday, September 30, 2007
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i was recently at my hospital's er with an acute migraine. i am on disability due to my migraines. this young doctor comes in for a minute and then leaves. the nurse returns with a steroid shot, which does nothing for my migraine. my arthritis felt better for a few days though. i told the nurse t...
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    Nancy Harris Bonk
    Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 10:52 AM

    Hello, and welcome to MyMigraineConnection.com!

     

    What an awful experience at the ER. No one should be treated that way. We do have a ER form you can have your doctor fill out and take with you when going to the ER.

     

    Are you on a preventive plan? There are many medications available to treat Migraine disease.

     

    Thank you for creating a SharePost.  SharePosts are a form of blogging, and there are many things you can do with them. You can share an experience, suggest something that's helped you, use SharePosts as a Migraine and headache journal, and many other things.

    We also have a discussion forum that you may want to check out. Especially if you have questions or are looking for information, you may find the interaction on the forum to be quite helpful. To get to the forum, just look for the orange box marked "Manage" and click on the Migraine Forums link. Because our forums are maintained by a third party, you'll need to register for the forum. You can use the same information you used to create your community log-in if you like. If you want to go directly to the forum, you can click HERE.

    Along with your personal "My Home" page and the discussion forum, you'll find links to a great deal of helpful information on the main page of our site, http://www.MyMigraineConnection.com.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to post them to the forum or send me a message through my profile.

    Welcome again,

    Nancy Bonk
    MyMigraineConnection.com Expert

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  2. Headache Clinics
    Christie
    Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 02:05 PM
    There are headache clinics out there.  I've been going to one for 15+ years and they know what they're doing.  Go to www.NationalHeadacheFoundation.org and you should be able to see who would be closest to your area.
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  3. Headache Clinic
    Christie
    Tuesday, October 02, 2007 at 02:07 PM

    I was wrong on the actual website address for the National Headache Foundation--the correct address is www.headaches.org

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  4. No pain relief
    angel30
    Sunday, October 07, 2007 at 12:05 PM
    This is just a suggestion, but perhaps the next time you see your neurologist you could discuss the ER visit. Your doctor may be willing to write a letter that you carry with you giving a brief summary of your extensive treatment, and even better, emergency medications that do and do not work. If so, you could present this letter during your next ER visit, giving some MEDICAL reinforcement to your complaints. Not all ER docs take migraine pain seriously, but everyone deserves to be heard.
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