Information and opinions on health from Helen Zylman Seaman 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/72759/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/72759/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/72759/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/72759/25607/medicine Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:28:13 -0400 Helen Zylman Seaman yet another new medicine   into despair, a glimmer of hope sparkles through the darkness.   the thread of light shines brighter, stronger. hope becomes reality:   euphoria!   but then, the light fades, quickly as it came. the darkness seems thicker, deeper, once again impenetrable.   oh god-- was this only a cruel joke?     http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/72759/25607/medicine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/72759/24704/feel-fine Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:05:00 -0400 Helen Zylman Seaman It is so hard to explainpain  to someone who has never hurt for days, or weeks,or years. It's like remembering a coloror a flavor and trying to describe it to someone who cannotsee or taste. Even if I wasMonet,painting a picture of pain,no one would recognizethe image. I stumble, searching for a way to quantitate it,but no one understandsthe numbers. How can something soindescribablehave such force? I... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/72759/24704/feel-fine