Information and opinions on health from Tracey Rains at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/2233/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/2233/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/2233/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/32467/neat-surprise Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:02:19 -0400 Tracey Rains I signed on to check out the migraine connection site Sunday and found a great surprise.  I had a message! I had never had a message, and my first message was from Germany! I thought, "How weird would it be if this was from Heike!"   When I was in grade school, I got a German pen pal, and we became such good friends that she came and stayed with me one summer in high school. We stayed in touch for a long time, but then, you know how... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/32467/neat-surprise http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/16881/great-support Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:33:00 -0500 Tracey Rains I've been bowled over by the support on this site.  I once read that people who work with support groups often get worse because of the emphasis on their disease.  That is NOT the case here!  Thanks everyone who is checking out my post and encouraging me and others. By the way, I have posted to several of the forums.  They, too, are amazing.  I got a lot of advice about seeing a out-of-town specialist in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/16881/great-support http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/16812/doctor Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:00 -0500 Tracey Rains After suffering with the pain of migraine all of my life and experiencing daily pain for at least the past five years, I finally have found help.  During my periods of worst pain, I felt so abandoned that I had given up on finding help.  I was resigned to living the rest of my life in pain, missing out on the important things in my life to deal with the monster that is migraine.   To fully understand my despondancy, you have... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/16812/doctor http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/6917/do-you-go-for Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:41:00 -0500 Tracey Rains I have been living with migraine for over 30 years now, and the best treatment I have had has only given me moderate relief.  I still have some daily symptoms, whether is is a headache getting ready to begin, or my getting over one. I have been to every neurologist in my relatively small city (Knoxville, TN), and no one seems to be very concerned or have much knowledge. The latest medication I have been put on is Depakote.  It has... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/2233/6917/do-you-go-for