by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Nov 21, 2022 | Get Real About Migraine, Migraine In Real Life, National Family Caregivers Month
Written by Carla Joos for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I would love to tell you about my better half, my partner, my husband of 40 years, the only man I have loved My caretaker Alan. We have been together for fourty years and in that time I can...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Nov 14, 2022 | Get Real About Migraine, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine In Real Life, National Family Caregivers Month
Written by Cynthia Cooper for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I may be the unluckiest girl health wise, but damn am I blessed with my husband. He didn’t quite know what chronic illness world he was getting into when he met me. I was just shy of turning 21 when...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Aug 17, 2022 | Advocacy and Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Patient Perspective, stigma
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Roni A.Jones for her contribution to our blog. “Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity.” Quote ~ Erving Goffman In the last few years, I haven’t encountered much...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 29, 2022 | Advocacy and Migraine, CMA 10th Anniversary, CMA Day, CMA Directors, MHAM2022
Catherine Charrett-Dykes is President, founder and CEO of Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. established in 2009 and in 2012 it received non-profit status. CMA currently has over 50,000 members on social media and includes various online support and education groups....
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 15, 2022 | Advocacy and Migraine, CMA 10th Anniversary, CMA Day, CMA Directors, Migraine Community
For as long as I can remember, I have lived with migraine disease. Except that, growing up, I didn’t know that’s what it was because no one took me seriously. I was finally diagnosed after my son was born in 2000, when I almost immediately became chronic. Currently, I...
