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This week over at Help My Hurt

Hi all, this week at Help My Hurt, you’ll find a real variety of posts:
FDA reviewing some arthritis drugs
Painful dry mouth from medications -This is a great post by a guest poster on how she deals with the horrible “Sahara mouth” as she calls it – caused by her medications.
Traveling and migraines
Angelina Jolie sets a [...]

Grace Beyond All Imagining

Inner Dorothy’s Sue explores her life with chronic daily headache in this guest post. A heartwarming, insightful writer, Sue’s compassion and zest for life is an example for us all. You can learn a lot about Sue in her self-described occupation: Preacher, Peddler of Hope, Frustrated Untangler of Theological Knots and Mysteries, Lady-in-Waiting for Two [...]

Recent Posts on Help My Hurt

Hi again, this week posts on Help My Hurt include:
Guest article: Spinal stimulation - a guest writer describes what is involved with spinal stimulation Cynthia
The back expert answers questions - a follow up to the post asking visitors for questions for our back expert
Company’s calling: For Grace’s founder, Cynthia Toussaint speaks out - Cynthia has [...]

Recent Posts on Free My Brain From Migraine Pain

Recent posts on Free My Brain From Migraine Pain include:

Have your Bag Packed for your Next Migraine : Pointing you to some great tools from Teri Robert for being prepared for your next migraine.
Interview on WEGO Health : As it happens, Megan was interviewed this week.
Alternatives to Compact Fluorescents : There are other ways to [...]

Recent Posts on Help My Hurt

This week’s posts on Help My Hurt include:

Using Visualization to Manage Your Pain: Can pain be managed through the way you think?
Office Initiative Reduces Headaches, Neck & Shoulder Pain Over 40%: Daily diaries and relaxation exercises reduced workplace upper body pain.
Depression and Chronic Pain: What came first, the chicken or the egg? Or - what [...]

Expert Answers to Your Headache & Migraine Questions

Submit your headache or migraine questions to the National Headache Foundation for answers from experts. Selected questions will be answered during National Headache Awareness Week, June 1-7.
Also, check to see if any headache awareness events will be held in your area.

Kerrie’s Life: Taking a Break

The last six (or 12 or 18…) have been tough. I’m physically and mentally exhausted from being sick, my dad being sick, and life’s general requirements. I’m taking a break. A two-month break to be exact. Hart has a sabbatical from work and we’ll be on vacation from now until mid-July. We both desperately need [...]

Where Have I Gone? Seeking My Identity & My Life

This started out as the saddest post I’ve ever written. It gets better, much better, but the first part still makes me cry. (Mom, skip to the epiphany.)
RANT
I sometimes forget I’m an interesting person. People ask what I’ve been up to and my answer is basically nothing. We used to go out all the time. [...]

April Headache Blog Carnival Posted

The April Headache & Migraine Blog Carnival is now up! This month’s carnival focuses on basic coping strategies for living with headache and migraine. I enjoyed reading the great posts and learning about some blogs I’d never heard of:

Fighting the Good Fight at My Life with Migraine
Coping with Migraine and Chronic Pain at Down the [...]

MyMigraineConnection’s Poetry Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of MyMigraineConnection’s Putting Our Heads Together poetry contest!

First Place: Massive Migraine by mopar496

Second Place: Car-jacked by Roey

Third Place: Perpetually Now by MaxJerz

Fourth Place: The Keeper by desrivgir

Honorable Mention:

My Ghostly Shadow by SEG
A Rare Day by cdelavarre
Pain Inside My Head by thedoglady
The Thorn by Brynnwriter
The Stranger’s Eyes by Roey
Be sure to [...]