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my husband and I have been married 33 years.

husband has intractable migraines

Joy I understand what you are going through. My hhus band suffers from intactable migraines. His headaches started out as chronic cluster headaches, this started in 1997. In 2002 we found a great headache clinic and doctor. The Jefferson Headache Clinci in Philidelphia and his doctor is Dr. Stephen Silberstein. Since... Read more Chevron

posted 02/10/2009, comments (2)|

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Mom of 12 year old with chronic daily migraines

Is there anybody who is familiar with chronic daily migraine? This is what my son is being treated for. He is on Sandomigran now for two weeks and still has an ongoing migraine. He is short tempered and different acting on this drug. So far I don't like it. The migraine is still there and his stomache feels sick all... Read more Chevron

posted 01/08/2009, comments (9)|

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Son With Daily Headaches/Neuralgia

My son is 15 and has daily headaches since he was 6 after falling and hitting his head. He has had 3 MRIs and 2 CT scans done since then that were all normal. He also had a soccer goal fall on his nose when he was 8 and broke his nose. He recently had sinus surgery or correct a deviated septum, but it did not help the daily... Read more Chevron

posted 10/27/2008, comments (26)|

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I'm looking for info and support as a caregiver. My daughter, age 38, has had JRA since age three, lost her sight because of JRA at age 8 and had both eyes removed at age ten. She's fiercely independent (owns her own home, fosters and socializes feral kittens, and tries to do everything for herself -- except drive and grocery shop, of... Read more Chevron

posted 07/25/2008, comment (1)|

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Can a Chiropractor help?

My son is 15 and has had chronic migraines for the past 5 years. He has been under the care of a pediatric neurologist and is currently taking 750mg of Depakote for prevention therapy. Although it has shown improvement as far as the "severity" of his migraines go, they are still as consistent and he has a migraine one-two days ever... Read more Chevron

posted 04/17/2008, comment (1)|

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