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Guest Post by How to Cope With Pain Blogger One of the great things about blogs is sharing helpful, cool sites and gadgets you find. Sharing with others makes all our journeys easier and no one has to “reinvent the wheel” on her own. In that light, I came across this headache diary, which looks [...]

Invisible Illness: Strength Through the Struggle

Guest Post by How to Cope With Pain Blogger The writer of this post blogs anonymously as she is a practicing psychiatrist. Her practice focuses mostly on patients with chronic pain. Having chronic pain herself, her practice and blog reflect a deep understanding of its challenges. –Kerrie As we all know, there are many challenges [...]

“Overcoming Self-Defeating Behaviors When You’re Chronically Ill”: Presentation by the ChronicBabe Editrix Today

Check out ChronicBabe Editrix Jenni Prokopy’s National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week presentation at 3 p.m. Eastern time this afternoon — and call with your questions. You can listen online or call in. The presentation will be archived in case you miss the live event. The details from ChronicBabe: Here’s the scoop: To hear my [...]

National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

In addition to living with the symptoms of headache disorders or migraine, having an illness others can’t see can be extraordinarily frustrating. Rest Ministries is raising awareness of life with invisible illness this week during National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week. Check out the following press release for information on the week. Nearly 1 in [...]

Migraine and Gluten Sensitivity

In a desperate attempt to treat her migraines, herself (gluten-free) blogger Karen Yesowich Schmucker discovered she was sensitive to gluten. Adopting a gluten-free diet has reduced the frequency and severity of her migraines. Karen explains the connection in this guest post. While there is data to suggest that a certain percentage of migraineurs also suffer [...]

Welcome, Neurology Now Readers

Neurology Now, the American Academy of Neurology‘s patient-focused magazine, featured The Daily Headache in its August issue. Look for it at your next doctor’s appointment or, even better, subscribe to the free magazine. Each issue is informative and spotlights patients’ experiences. If you found out about The Daily Headache from the article, thanks for stopping [...]

This week at Help My Hurt

Hi folks, here are some posts from Help My Hurt that you may find interesting. Thanks for stopping by! Music’s soothing effects – and an iTunes give-away Could oxygen be the answer to migraines and cluster headaches? It’s Blog Carnival time at Help My Hurt Write up on Women in Pain Conference: Gender Matters Press [...]

July Headache Blog Carnival – How Spirituality Helps Us Cope with Migraine Disease

July’s Headache Blog Carnival is now live. Generally speaking, a blog carnival is a collection of links to a variety of a blogs on a central topic. The Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been created to provide both headache and migraine disease patients and people who blog about headache disorders with unique opportunities [...]

This week at Free My Brain from Migraine Pain

Posts this week over at Free My Brain From Migraine Pain range over a variety of topics: Being Prepared to see the Doctor: It takes two to tango in a doctor-patient partnership. I draw on some great resources to prepare for my long-awaited headache specialist appointment. Exercise and Migraine Prevention: Take Two: New research indicates [...]

This past week over at Help My Hurt

Hi all – this was supposed to go live yesterday but I forgot to publish it. Sorry! Here are some posts that you might find interesting from over at Help My Hurt: Concussions between men and women are different Botulinum toxin A injection may help some types of chronic headaches Narcotic and opioid myths – [...]