Information and opinions on health from jgagelvr 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/70933/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/70933/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/70933/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/142875/supplements Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:16:49 -0400 jgagelvr Long time no post or no visit.  I hope everyone's doing as well as they can!  My neuro-a new doc since my last visit, wants me to take a med called Petadolex.  It's butterbur without the liver injuring compounds.  It seemed to help a little, but the price rose dramatically.  It's now $40.00 a bottle, which doesn't last a whole month, if I take it three times a day like he wants me to.  I'm on disablility, and... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/142875/supplements http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/45427/botox-bites Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:23:58 -0400 jgagelvr For the first time in a year, I had Botox injections again.  My old neurologist had given them to me, but I found them less effective with each dosage.  She had just started giving the injections, so I don't know if the lessening of response was due to a problem with her technique, or another factor.  The last one didn't work at all.  So, I wasn't sure what to expect.  Happily enough, I've found some relief.  I... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/45427/botox-bites http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/45423/blog Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:00:35 -0400 jgagelvr I took down my blog, the mav experience (www.themavexperience.blogspot.com) because I haven't had the energy to update it with anything meaningful.  I hope to do more shareposting here. http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/45423/blog http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/32995/church-migraines Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:09:07 -0400 jgagelvr Ryan Church, the right fielder with the New York Mets, is a migraineur.  I'm a big baseball fan.  I love the sport, played as a kid and up until I hurt my knee during a softball game a few years ago.  I can also watch it, since the camera angles don't usually trigger my vertigo.  Anyway, Ryan Church had to leave last night's game with a migraine.  He's had migraine disease since his freshman year of high school and is... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/32995/church-migraines http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/19336/dreams-waking Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:43:00 -0500 jgagelvr I've noticed for a couple of months, that if I've had a very vivid dream-like the most recent one of me being a member of the RCMP as a passenger on a bus full of dizzy people, I will more ofthen then not, wake up with a migraine.  Not only do I have the pain, but there are the usual associated symptoms-like the noise, light and motion sensitivities.  So I'm sure I'm not having a tension headache or tmj trouble from... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/70933/19336/dreams-waking