All of our stories are unique, yet the similarities run deep. By reading other people’s headache stories, we can learn from and get comfort from each other. Jantha describes the moment her headache began, the diagnosis and drugs she’s tried, and the impact it has…
Right after I made a note to myself to blog about different headache types, the latest issue of Housecall, Mayo Clinic’s weekly newsletter, arrived in my inbox. The issue’s feature was, you guessed it, headaches. Mayo’s online headache center has a wealth of information on…
The National Headache Foundation‘s website has a headache questionnaire that’s a valuable tool for people with undiagnosed or vaguely diagnosed headache and their doctors. The form has 54 questions, including, “Do you tend to pace the floors with a headache?” and “Do odors such as…
My mom turns 61 today. She won’t be happy that I told you all how old she is (she insists she’s 27), but I am because I’m thrilled that she made it to 61. Days before her 60th birthday, she had brain aneurysm rupture. In…
Throbbing, pulsing, pounding, stabbing, tightening, squeezing, jabbing, piercing, paralyzing. You may dismiss the pain as a sinus or allergy headache or panic that you have a tumor or a ruptured aneurysm. In either case, the odds are that you have tension-type headache or migraine that…