Every person experiences migraine disease differently, but there is often variety in how specific migraines present on an individual level #confusing. The slow build is ironically also a slow drain. As pain builds, energy for the fight fades.
My magic trick is that I can present well, almost too well, despite how I truly feel. Like any good magician, my trick leaves others wondering, “…but, how?…”. I have perfected this trick so well that most of the time, I can make my pain truly invisible…
Learning to let go of good or bad days, and instead accept that most of my days have some good moments and some bad moments…
Cancelled plans will always happen while living with chronic illness, so helping our support team to be literate about our condition can soften the blow of missed event after missed event…
By creating my own way of tracking my pain, I was able to a) actually keep consistent track of my progress over several years time and b) follow trends without tracking my pain taking over my whole life.
So, your friend or family member has chronic migraine. Read this for ideas on how to support them and show them you care.
The emotional toll of testing out each new preventative (not to mention the physical side effects) is difficult to fully express. For each of the ten daily preventatives I’ve tried, a minimum of three months was required in order to have “given it a good shot”…
As I shared on the my instagram page, I recently had the chance to start the latest preventative migraine medication that was approved by the FDA this past May, Aimovig…
I am not moving on from tackling my health challenges, but moving on with them
Every time I travel, I feel like my migraine toolkit grows, and I become better equipped with improved ways to manage this tricky condition. Here are 10 things I learned and did differently on this trip that I found beneficial…
