Author: Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc.
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Celebrating our Care Partners; Cynthia’s story
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 we first started dating. My now…
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Advocacy Beats Stigma
“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 stigma, and to be fair, I don’t work outside the home. Due to the high levels of head pain and other migraine symptoms, I don’t even leave my house…
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Getting to Know Catherine Charrett-Dykes; CMA’s Founder and President
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. Other programs and initiatives include ARMS Advocates Removing Migraine Stigma, Support Squad, Triage Kit, Care Partners…
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Getting to know CMA’s Director of ARMS; Alicia’s Story
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 am considered chronic, intractable status migrainosus,…
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Getting to know CMA’s Co-Director of Admins; Elizabeth’s Story
Elizabeth Arant has been a migraine patient for over 30 years and a chronic migraine patient for over 20 years. While having chronic migraine she received her Undergraduate and Graduate degrees in Nursing. Although she is not practicing Nursing at this time, she volunteers her time with various headache and migraine groups to increase awareness…
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Getting to know CMA Directors; Gina’s Story
I have had migraine for as long as I can remember. Migraine has been a part of my life for nearly all of it, which is well over 40 years! I became chronic daily 19 years ago and my currently diagnosis is chronic intractable migraine with aura. I have been spreading migraine awareness as well…
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Getting to know CMA Directors; Julie’s Story
I’m Julie Tazzia. I’ve been living with migraine for over half a century. I wasn’t diagnosed, however, until about 14 years after my attacks began. I started out episodic, but gradually became chronic. Both of my daughters have migraine as well. Of all the things to inherit from me, it had to be migraine! I…
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Getting to know CMA Directors; Beth’s Story
Hello CMA friends! My name is Beth. I joined the CMA team about a year and a half ago when they started a series of short surveys. I’ll admit that after the first one, I couldn’t help myself from reaching out with some feedback on ways to improve it. I ended up signing on to…
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Black Men Have Migraine Too
Written by Jaime Sanders and originally published on TheMigraineDiva.com Generously shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness I was extremely amazed and humbled by how many people reached out to me after the Good Morning America segment aired that featured my story. To say it was overwhelming would be a gross understatement. The vast majority of comments,…
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Becky’s Migraine Story
Written by Becky Briese for Chronic Migraine Awareness My name is Becky Briese and this is my story. I have had migraine and headache since I was eleven years old, but I was not diagnosed as chronic until my late twenties. I had lived in Wisconsin my whole life and found that weather changes were…
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