Category: Advocacy and Migraine
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Migraine as a Member of the Armed Forces
Written By Eula Moore-Marshall Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Upon joining the U.S. Army Reserves, I always kept in mind the possibility of going to war. As far as migraine goes, I was familiar with bad headaches, but I’d never felt as though my brain was trying to escape my skull. I’m a (Ret) female combat…
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You Need Community MHAM
Written By Alexandria M. Srbinovski for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Overview It was a spring day in April and I was only only 28 years old. I woke up around 2am with a horrible migraine- a pain that I never had before. I remember sitting on the end of the couch as the pain seeped…
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Why Building Community is Important to Me
Jeannette Rotondi’s Story Written by Kristen Estep Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Background Jeannette Rotondi has had migraine disease for 11 years. Shortly after they began her migraine attacks became intractable. Jeannette was newly married, had just purchased a home and was working toward her clinical licensure as a social worker. Life came to a halt,…
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Receiving Migraine Infusions During a Pandemic
Written By Victoria White Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. It is beyond surreal entering a hospital in an almost empty center city Philadelphia right now. I cannot help but feel anxious about the possibility of accidentally spreading COVID-19 to another patient or to a healthcare professional if I’m an unwitting carrier and also some…
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Part One – Covid-19 VS Chronic Pain 24/7
Written by Rachel Huley Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness It was the first week of working from home that my latest migraine attack began. Mid-March covered the South in pollen and misinterpreted the Atlanta population’s allergies for Coronavirus symptoms. Regardless of the presidential promise and close proximity of the CDC, the tests weren’t available yet…
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#LetsGetAfterIt
Written By: Catherine Charrett-Dykes Founder and President of Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Dear Chris, For the past month or so now, the nation has watched you live and report on your experience with this new disease, this new pandemic – Coronavirus. Your reporting connected with me in a way that gives me hope that we…
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Get Real About Migraine: Peggy’s Story
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. is pleased to present Part Six in our continuing series. Written by Peggy Artman My journey with migraine began when I started having what I believed to be sinus headaches. I went through a phase where I caught a lot of upper respiratory viruses, which turned into sinus infections. I had…
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I’m already prepped, how about you?
Written by Kristen Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I would like to start by saying that I hope you are not quarantined, but if you are there are some lessons you can learn from the invisible illness community. We are experts on self quarantine, this is our lives. I’ll let you in on some…
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What Do You See When You Look At Me?
Originally posted on SparklyAura.com Written by Kristen Estep Before chronic migraine if you saw me out in public, you might have looked at me & thought I had it all together. I probably would’ve had a smile on my face, my hair done, dressed nice. “It doesn’t matter how you feel, it only matters how…
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What Would Make Migraine Advertising Better?
Written by Catherine Charrett-Dykes President and CEO Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. There are currently numerous television commercial advertisements discussing medications that are available for various disease states. We have learned about erectile dysfunction, fibromyalgia, psoriatic arthritis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Some commercials do more than inform the public there is help available, they educate people about…
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