Tag: #CMA
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Dear Migraine…
Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc would like to thank Tasmin for sharing her Dear Migraine letter with us Dear Migraine, The morning rays appeared through the curtains, bright, harsh, and blinding. For a non-migraine sufferer, this day brings new hopes and aspirations. The realization of waking up with another headache induces crippling anxiety. The same headache…
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness would like to thank Elizabeth for sharing these helpful tips with us. Parenting While Living With Migraine Living with any headache disorder, especially any type of migraine, is already a battle inside your head. When you add taking care of kids before teenage years, living with any migraine type is a battle!…
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness would like to thank Marianne for providing us these helpful tools. Migraine Books and LinksAs a migraine sufferer, I am always interested in finding a solution or at least talk about what might and might not help. Therefore, I created a list three years ago with links to anything that could be…
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Judith for sharing her story with us. I educate myself to educate others by being a part of the ARMS Program-Advocates Removing Migraine Stigma with CMA, Attending the Retreat Migraine Conferences Virtually, being in online support groups with Foundations and Organisations, by keeping up to date with…
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Educate Yourself Educate Others
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc would like to thank Lisa for sharing her advocacy with us. Over the past eight years, since I was diagnosed with Chronic Hemiplegic Migraine, I have read alot which helped me understand and reassure myself what this neurological condition is. Through educating myself I am then comfortable to forward that knowledge…
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RetreatMigraine 2023; Sharon’s Experience
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Sharon for sharing her experience with us. I attended RetreatMigraine 2023 which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was absolutely amazing! The inspiration I receive there helps me learn how to take care of myself, so that then I can help others with this invisible neurological…
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Copay Accumulator Legislation
Written by Kristi Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Last week I and two other advocates were invited to attend an Advocacy Day with The Global Healthy Living Foundation at the Ohio Statehouse. We were all highlighting our specific chronic diseases and what the copay accumulator legislation means to our specific communities. We were accompanied…
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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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