seeking joy in a life with chronic migraine, chronic daily headache and chronic illness
I’ve never felt more like a guinea pig than I did when I had my occipital nerve stimulator implanted almost 10 years ago. Read about the experience, and my thoughts about it all these years later, in Migraine & “The Box” — Feeling Like a Guinea Pig With an Occipital Nerve Stimulator on Migraine.com. The… Continue reading Just Another Lab Rat: My Experience With an Occipital Nerve Stimulator
Being helpless in the face of illness is like window shopping. You’re looking through the glass at all the possibilities for an effective treatment. Every time you start to walk through the door, thinking you’ve found what will provide relief, the metal grate slams down at your feet. You can stick your fingers through the… Continue reading Nerve Stimulator Heartbreak
My feelings about nerve stimulation has obviously changed over time and I have often wished that I wrote about the process as I went along. Mary Gustafson, a journalist in her mid-20s, has done exactly that on her blog That Headache Girl. Mary, who is insightful and hilarious, describes the personal and technical aspects of… Continue reading A Nerve Stimulatoree’s Positive Experience
A reader and I have been e-mailing about pain pumps, or intrathecal drug delivery systems, for headaches. In the process of researching them, I came across some great information. On the San Francisco Medical Society’s website, there is an overview of all pain therapies. The information isn’t technical and dense and it isn’t an overwhelming… Continue reading Pain Pump & Nerve Stimulator Information
My friend Lisa and I met through a headache forum. At the time, she also had a nerve stimulator, so we e-mailed back and forth and finally met in person when I was in her part of the country for Thanksgiving. Her experience with the nerve stimulator has been, quite simply, hell. Lisa has had… Continue reading Lisa’s Nerve Stimulator Experience