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Special News Bulletin! My name is Becca. I have a second lesion in the skull and had surgery this past March 2005. I have been in/out of the hospital since March 7th, 2005. August of 2005 was the first month I was not in the hospital at all! Yea! I am just now slowly updating things and getting back to my email. Please forgive me for the slow progress. I have an interesting trivia fact for you all. Trivia: Did you know that your brain is made up of over half fat? Life is still good no matter the pitfalls! |
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Knowledge is our Game......
Hi there. Welcome to Migrainesbgone. We are a group that is located on a Yahoo Web address and we are determined to get the word out about the devastating effect of headaches and migraines on an individual! Our group has currently 144 members and is still growing! We keep up with the latest information out on the drug market for patients and care-takers. Vitamins play an important role in maintaining health. We emphasize that aspect also in this group. Please take a look at our site and email the webmaster , myself, Rebecca (Becca) Henry. I am a migraineur and have had a brainstem tumor and have a brain disease, hydrocephalus. I was recently diagnosed with a Second brain/Skull lesion on August 9th, 2004. The link will be to your left of this page if you want to email me, or have questions about this site.
Who ever thought, that the story of Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll is actually a story about the
writer who was a photographer and had Migraine attacks?
He wrote this story down over One Hundred years ago!
The Medical Community has come a long way in
One Hundred Years yet it still has a little
ways to go for the Migraineur!
The Migraineur Must take an Active part in
their Health care!
We, the patients, and the doctors, have to EDUCATE
OTHER DOCTORS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF THIS ILLNESS
WHICH IS A DISEASE SAYS THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOSCIATION!
Often, people think that those with Migraines are just
drug addicts, alcoholics or cannot handle life at that
moment in time. They do not see the REAL REASON
behind the FREQUENT trips to the Emergency room!
The people with the Migraines make frequent trips
to the restroom for nausea and vomiting, wear dark
sunglasses because of sensitivity to light and stay in a
closed room because of sensitivity to sound also. They
could leave work early and might have their speech become
slurred. They may become engaged in erratic behavior.
ALL of this, because of a little thing, a
Disease, called a Migraine!
"The corresponding cost to industry and the health care
system due to Migraine is estimated to be between $5 billion
and $17 billion dollars a year. " Most people with
Migraine continue to work despite their illness. Usually
the employer is accomodating to their needs. HOWEVER,
The Latest Economic Studies that came out found that for
those with Severe Migraine, there is a 10-20%
Unemployement Rate. That rate is several times
Higher than that of the general population!
Copyright Teri Robert, Used with Permission.
www.migraines.org M.A.G.N.U.M.
More people died of a
Migraine stroke last year
than people killed by a handgun?
According to Spectra BioMedical,
Reasearchers are
in advance of a diagnosable
objective DNA
test for the person
with Severe
Migraine to let
them get ahold of this
disabling condition.
Possibly then, the
migraineur might be able
to get some form of
HELP from
the Doctors and State or
Federal Government.
Copyright,Teri Robert.
Used with permission.
www.migraines.org
M.A.G.N.U.M.
There are many organizations
out on the web
to help those who
have migraines.
The address is www.migraines.org
It is called
M.A.G.N.U.M.
Which stands for
Migraine
Awareness
Group A
National
Understanding
For
Migraineurs
Another place to get help
for Depression which
some of us may have, is
at the following address:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
One more place to get help
for the headache and
migraine is the National
Headache Foundation.
Their address is:
http://www.headaches.org
One more place to look up research on headache problems is:
http://www.achenet.org
There are, of course, more out there, but this should help you get started in your search for understanding of the migrainuer!
Information gathered
from research from the
webmaster on 3-16-04 put
on this site combined
with Teri's.
Copyright,Teri Robert.
Used with Permission.
www.migraines.org
M.A.G.N.U.M.
More and more today, the
medical world is
discovering that vitamins
hold a key in
reducing side effects of
a symptom or perhaps
reducing it to nothing
at all!
I am currently taking
CoQEnzyme10 for the past
year and have
seen a great deal of improvement
in my headaches.
CoQEnzyme10 is the latest
vitamin on the market
that is good
for cardiac health YET
it is also good for
the stabilization of the
mitochondria in the brain
that tell the cells
to produce energy!
What the researchers
believe to happen in
a patient with a
migraine, is that
NOT ENOUGH mitochondria
are made in the brain
and thus a Migraine
appears or happens!
The enzyme must be taken
for at least three weeks
to see any effect. To get
a good effect, it must be
taken four to six weeks
at least two to three
times a day at least
50mg. It can get
expensive for one bottle
of 30 caplets of 50mg
is $13.00.
This is one of the
hardships of having
this migraine disease,
the cost.
Yet, that goes with the
territory!
Copyright,Teri Robert.
Used with Permission.
www.migraines.org
M.A.G.N.U.M.
There are several types of
Migraine relief pills to
take at the first sign of
a headache/Migraine and
when you take it, the
Migraine may be STOPPED
within an hour, usually.
Some examples of what
might be prescribed for
you are 1. Imitrex
2. Zomig
3. Frovitriptan
4. Amerge
5. Axert
6. Relpax
Relpax is the newest
prescription drug, or "triptan"
out on the market
and can only be
taken at 2 pills at
most per day, but
has shown fantastic
improvement over the
other triptans.
The last statement is
considered my own opinion
in a way.
These Prescriptions are
of the following class
called "triptans" which
are directed to the
blood flow in the brain.
A newer drug out on the
market, is called "D.H.E."
which is an Abortive
and works quite well.
The medicine has
to be compounded
though by a pharmacist
and then put into
capsules.
Before I became Allergic
to Imitrex, it worked
quite well for me and
took my migraines away!
My Neurologist then put
me on Zomig which
took away my migraines
about 75 percent of the
time. I eventually
became immune to it and
my doctor started me on
some samples of frovitriptan.
I tried it and one time
it took away my migraine
COMPLETELY Yet,
The Other times , it did
NOT WORK ON THE
MIGRAINES.
So, my Doctor put me on
the "triptan" called
Amerge 2.5mg and
that has been the
BEST yet overall. I like
this one.
The Amerge stopped
working in September 2004
and so I
tried "Axert 2.5mg" as
needed. It is for cluster
migraines. It has really
helped out! I will stick
to this one for
awhile now!
My neurologist has added
Relpax 40mg and I can take
up to two tablets
a day.
This has been the most
promising triptan and
takes my migraines away
completely without a
return.
Yea!
Copyright,Teri Robert.
Used with permission.
www.migraines.org
M.A.G.N.U.M.
Outlook looks promising for Migraineurs!...Want to subscribe to our headache group?
For the Migraine Sufferer, a daily preventative medication
taken will help prevent the need to go to the emergency room
for symptomatic medication treatment. One has to be
careful not to get in the trap of addiction to
narcotics from the emergency room either! I know firsthand
how that can happen!
Be sure to watch the Food Diet and keep a food journal entry
of everything you eat until you know your food
triggers that will cause a migraine! It is invaluable
information to the migraineur!
What migraineurs have, is a biological Disease and
we must treat it that way and have our families and friends
start understanding in this way also.
If you feel you might be Helped by the
Support of the Migrainesbgone group that is on
the Yahoo Web, please send a blank email to the
email address: migrainesbgone-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
In the Subject line, type the word, "Subscribe".
Follow directions from there.
We, as Migraineurs, must unite and fight for
our lives!
Copyright, Teri Robert, used with permission.
www.migraines.org
M.A.G.N.U.M.
