Tag: #migraineawareness
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Chronic Migraine Awareness, The First Ten Years
Written for Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (MHAM), and shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness June 29, 2012 Where were you? What were you doing? Can you remember? I sure don’t! But if you ask Catherine Charrett-Dykes where she was, she vividly remembers. June 29 is the day that Chronic Migraine Awareness held its very first…
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Virtual RetreatMigraine
Written by Kristen Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I thought that I was going to get to see everyone this year but, I ultimately chose to attend Retreat Migraine (RM) virtually again. Which made me sad, but the virtual option was better than not going at all. I can’t wait until April, for the…
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Connecting to Migraine Communities
June 12, 2021 Originally posted on MHAM and shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. What was your world like prior to March 2020? Were you working outside of your home? Getting together with friends and family? Going to sporting events, concerts, parties? Enjoying a meal out with friends/family? Going on vacations? Business trips? Walking around…
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Never Give Up
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Dolores for her contribution to our blog. My name is Dolores and I have been living with migraine since the age of five. I am now 47. Over the years I have tried just about every treatment available; chiropractor, red light therapy, physical therapy, Botox, and pressure…
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Lori’s Migraine Story
Written by Lori Francisco for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I’d like to share my migraine disease story. I have had migraine since childhood, it runs in my family from my mom, to me and my sister, not my brother but, it continued to my brother’s son. My worst attacks would surround my menstrual cycle and…
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Shame, Guilt & Worthlessness
Written by Kristen L Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. “Shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us.” -Ann Patchett Anyone who has a chronic disease wrestles with these emotions, but for this post we will be talking about chronic migraine. As chronic migraine…
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I’m Fine…
Originally posted on SparklyAura.com By Kristen Estep Do you really mean it when you say I’m fine? I know that I don’t. That’s the thing, people ask how you are, but they really don’t want any other answer besides I’m fine or I’m good. I personally don’t think that they mean to be rude or…
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