Feeling this tension, between wanting to help and not knowing how to, is completely normal, especially if you have never experienced migraine firsthand…
Every person will have a different recipe for what soothes them during a migraine attack. Whether you reach for…
The ground that once felt sturdy to walk on seems to have vanished and buckled beneath you. Time blurs together as you struggle remember a time where your reality didn’t feel so incredibly hard…
Doing all of the “right”, responsible things and still experiencing unrelenting, chronic, intense, physical pain has been challenging both physically, and mentally..
A smile breaks across my face. Because I made it. Through every single hard day and week and month and night that I felt like I couldn’t do this anymore, somehow, I made it to right here…
The slightest increase in energy and decrease in pain can make me feel like I have an obligation to take on the world; like I need to “make use” of this precious time and that my energy should be focused on the “most efficient” decision…
Every single migraineur deserves empathy, but it is up to us to raise awareness about the intense variation of each migraine warrior’s experience of this disease…
There is no “right” or “wrong” way to feel about transitioning out of quarantine. I hope that in sharing this list of “confessions” from chronic illness warriors, you will be reminded that somewhere in the world, there is probably someone else feeling whatever is coming up for you…
After years of living with chronic migraine, I’ve learned evaluating and strengthening your patient-doctor relationship can be a critical component of effective migraine management. Here are a few things that have helped me…
“While she has been on a journey of discovery as she learned to live her life as fully as possible with chronic migraine, I too, have learned and grown in ways I could not have anticipated while experiencing my own journey at her side…”
