Information and opinions on health from Ian G 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/7971/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7971/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7971/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/115495/fighting Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:10:17 -0400 Ian G Dear Norma - I am sad to hear that you were suffering so. Me too.  I ended up in the hospital in March and the end of June.  March started out as a migraine visit and then my left lung collapsed and they found out with a bronchtoposy (furtunately I was out) that I have sarcoidosis disease - an auto immune disease of the lung and organs.  Right now I am being treated with tons of high dose prednisone to suppress the disease (I have... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/115495/fighting http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/95899/happy-thanksgiving Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:55:34 -0500 Ian G Dear migraine family - it's time for me despite having such a hard time to damn the aura and just write a note to let you all know that I am thinking of you and that you should have hopefully minus migraine trials and travails - a wonderful, bountiful, migraine-free Thanksgiving with love Ian Ginsburg http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/95899/happy-thanksgiving http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/82260/flicker-back Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:54:29 -0400 Ian G Hello everyone, I know it's been a long time - I want to apologize for not being more in touch.  I was in the hospital in the beginning of July as things went out of control again - I had several days of decadron, DHE45 and dialaudid and it just took a lot out of me.  I am just now getting back to my regular schedule and because the owner of the building where my studio was put the building up for sale I had to move my studio quickly... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/82260/flicker-back http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/68341/difficult-fresh Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:15:41 -0400 Ian G Hi all - boy a lot has happened since the last time I wrote including two hospitalizations from direct admits thru the ER.  I am not doing well now at all but have been proactive with my doctors and my neuro refered me to another neuro in his practice so we can have a fresh look at my medications and treatment.  The comorbid conditions have really been firing up and since I had what they thought was a seizure in the hospital they have... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/68341/difficult-fresh http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/60846/seizures-migraines Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:55:05 -0500 Ian G Hi everyone - short message please to all. Was hospitalized for severe migraines and seizures beginning of Feb. Has been a very challenging month. Pain off the charts.  Have been thinking of you all - haven't meant to be "absent" like my seizures - love to all - Ian http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/60846/seizures-migraines http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/51942/read-blog Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:59:06 -0500 Ian G Hello everyone from Migraineville AZ -- please join me and my blog at: http://ianinblunderland.blogspot.com/   Happy holidays to all! Best- Ian http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/51942/read-blog http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/47623/hard-time Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:58:25 -0500 Ian G Hello everyone from Migraineville AZ, I have never gone into a tailspin of desperation - or asked for your hugs and support but I am not doing well and I usually keep that to myself - but I need your support.  I am at a real low point.  I am two weeks out of the hospital another stay of a couple days where they could manage the severity of the pain and the barfing, the aphasia, the aura, the sight deficit, the neuropathic pain... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/47623/hard-time http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/43735/er-experiences Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:47:03 -0400 Ian G Hi there from Migrainville AZ,    I thought I would weigh in on the ER experience.  The very first time in 2006 I was very ill and after eight hours of excrutiating waiting, left the ER.  However as Teri knows and teaches us all - we are our own best patient advocates.  I went after the hospital - speaking to several people in patient relations and writing - so there was a written record.  I was told that I would... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/43735/er-experiences http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/41228/live-aura-headache Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:42:57 -0400 Ian G Hello everyone from Migraineville AZ,       I'm just putting this out there.  It was stated that it was highly unusual in a recent answer to a sharepost to see 8 periods of aura a day.  I suffer from constant aura - or what I call visual pollution.  It occurs with or without headache twenty four hours a day, seven days a week  - regardless of my preventative regimen (Lamictal was supposed to be an... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/41228/live-aura-headache http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/27031/ian-migraineville Mon, 05 May 2008 16:22:33 -0400 Ian G Hello all from Migraineville Az,    I want to thank Teri for bringing to attention the Alice in Wonderland syndrome.  As a person who experiences 24 hour aura that is never quite the same or ordinary, I sometimes experience the syndrome. It is often preceeded by flattening of my surroundings as if the third dimension was removed and things have no depth, then objects lack color and finally my images around me become all... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7971/27031/ian-migraineville