Tag: #chronicmigraineawareness
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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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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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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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