Category: Migraine In Real Life
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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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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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Hispanic / Latino Heritage Month: A Focus on Migraine
By Erica Nicole Carrasco, Achy Smile This article was first published on September 15, 2022 at https://achysmile.com September 15 – October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States Today, September 15, kicks off National Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month. I want to begin this month of recognition by bringing awareness to the Hispanic/Latino migraine…
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I disappear
Written by Kristi Estep, Shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I have been having a pretty bad flare for almost the last three weeks. I need to write to get these demons out of my head. I hope that I can start to purge the negative thoughts by writing this post. The chronic migraine pain…
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Getting To Know CMA’s Blog Director; Kristi’s Story
I am Kristi Estep and I am the Blog Director for Chronic Migraine Awareness, I also work from home for Discover Financial Services and Tori Belle Cosmetics. My husband and I have been married for 31 years and we have two adult daughters and four fur babies (3 dogs and a cat). I had my…
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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’s COO & VP; Nancy’s Story
Nancy Harris Bonk, the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc, is a patient leader and educator who has been helping those living with migraine disease since 2003. She developed episodic migraine disease during puberty. Then, in December 1996, Nancy slipped and fell on a patch of black ice in her…
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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; 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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