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Nicole
Thursday, September 28 2006
1. Never, ever tell them that your mother's dog walker's cousin did great on that medication that is advertised in your favorite weekly. Chances are that they know about it, have tried it, and they failed.2. This goes with #1- never ever, ever tell a person with migraines that if they just wished that they didn't have migraines... Read more
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Nicole
Tuesday, September 26 2006
I am currently being seen by a pain clinic. For those of you who aren't aware of what a pain clinic does, it monitors, dispenses and offers alternative treatments to narcotics in chronic pain patients. To dumb it down that much does what they is a disservice for what it represents, because, at least the clinic I go to, tries to help the whole... Read more
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Nicole
Monday, September 18 2006
It is a beautiful day outside. One of the days that make August in Minnesota worth the winter. And I am inside.I have yet another bad migraine. Sure, when I tell people about what is going on with me, I describe it as having a migraine all the time. And I do. A good day, where I feel like I have boundless energy, I am at a four of ten on... Read more
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Nicole
Wednesday, September 13 2006
Hi.
My name is Nicole and I have chronic intractable migraines. I am also a mother, a wife and an artist. Somehow I manage to do all of this in constant pain. By some stroke of bad luck I have been through just about every current migraine treatment with little to no relief. While this is frustrating, it is my life, and I deal with it the... Read more