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. | Feb 4, 2022 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, Weather related migraine
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...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Oct 28, 2021 | Advocacy and Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine Community, RetreatMigraine 2021
Redondo Beach, California Written by Ronetta Stokes for Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. Hmm… hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm Sometimes in our lives We all have pain We all have sorrow While attending RetreatMigraine in person these words...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 2, 2021 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, Weather related migraine
Written by Denise Macy for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc Despite over 39 million people in the United States suffering from migraine attacks, there is still no definitive cause or cure for this neurological condition. Among the list of many possible triggers,...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Aug 25, 2021 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Gelcys Castaneda for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. My name is Gelcys and I am a mother, wife and marathon runner with several chronic illnesses. I have a twisted spine where I had 4 spinal fusions. My condition is called Scoliosis. My spine is curved at...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 14, 2021 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, MHAM2021, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
Written by Hana Lewis for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc.Perhaps, like me, you’ve heard your neurologist say “it’s the way you’re made. You just have to learn to live with it.” I’ve seen their glazed expressions and even a shrug or two. Saying “I feel desperate” or...
