Author: Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc.
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness would like to thank Marianne for providing us these helpful tools. Migraine Books and LinksAs a migraine sufferer, I am always interested in finding a solution or at least talk about what might and might not help. Therefore, I created a list three years ago with links to anything that could be…
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Judith for sharing her story with us. I educate myself to educate others by being a part of the ARMS Program-Advocates Removing Migraine Stigma with CMA, Attending the Retreat Migraine Conferences Virtually, being in online support groups with Foundations and Organisations, by keeping up to date with…
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc would like to thank Lisa for sharing her advocacy with us. Over the past eight years, since I was diagnosed with Chronic Hemiplegic Migraine, I have read alot which helped me understand and reassure myself what this neurological condition is. Through educating myself I am then comfortable to forward that knowledge…
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RetreatMigraine 2023; Sharon’s Experience
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Sharon for sharing her experience with us. I attended RetreatMigraine 2023 which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was absolutely amazing! The inspiration I receive there helps me learn how to take care of myself, so that then I can help others with this invisible neurological…
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Lucy’s Story; Longing to be Pain Free
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Lucy for sharing her story. *TRIGGER WARNING* This blog post contains material of a highly sensitive nature including ‘thoughts of suicide’ that may be triggering for some individuals. Hello, my name is Lucy, I have lived with Chronic Migraine daily for the past 39 years. Every morning…
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Kayley’s Story: When Chronic Migraine Derailed My Life
Chronic Migraine Awareness would like to thank Kayley for sharing her story with us. I would like to share my story, I’m just a normal, young married, working mother of 2 amazing boys ages fourteen and ten. I have always been on the go, busy and never suffered any real ill health. That was until…
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Gelcys’s Family Migraine Story
Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. would like to thank Gelcys for sharing her story with us My name is Gelcys, I am a wife to a Military Veteran and a mother to a soon to be 14 year old son. We all battle with varying levels of migraine disease. I have the worst of it, I…
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Mita’s Story
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Mita for sharing her story. I am a 42-year-old multidisciplinary artist and podcast hostess. I use Pacing and Creative Coping strategies to get through life with chronic migraines and other chronic conditions. Quick Backstory: I grew up with tension headaches and occasional migraine. Following a whiplash injury…
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Charlotte’s Story
Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. would like to thank Charlotte for sharing her story. I am thirty-four and live in the United Kingdom , and I have had Hemiplegic Migraine (HM) for 24 years. I have never found my triggers or medications that help, yet. I have been in hospital a few times for a couple…
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Celebrating our Care Partners; Carla’s Story
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…
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