Some of you have asked: Yes, I still get migraines. If you recall at the beginning of my posts, they really kicked in about ten years ago when I began caregiving for my mother. However, what I didn’t realize was that even before then, I was having these occasional weird vertigo episodes. What I didn’t know at the time and for some time later, that this kind of vertigo is attributed to migraine, not to a vestibular component. I have been tested about four times and there was never a correlation. At least with a vestibular component, there … Continue reading →

What a typical ocular migraine looks like   Let me begin here as we are about to revisit our old nemesis, the migraine. Here’s a tip: if someone you know gets migraines and mentions they have one, NEVER say, “oh, are you STILL getting those?” Because … ✻ you may get a pie in the face ✻ it shows how much you don’t get it Migraine is an ongoing neurological disorder, it doesn’t go away over night—if ever. It is a hereditary issue where neurological signals get bolluxed, in my case, the occipital lobe, the vision center, has psychedelic trips … Continue reading →

A happy Monday to all. I am going to share this with you so you get an idea of what a migraineur experiences.   I was a very young child who had “sinus” and vertigo episodes. I had never-ending re-occurring headaches of debilitating pain. My mother was always told that is was “sinusitis.” No one knew that little kids could get migraine. It accompanied me throughout my school years, during camp, at home, away. But it was not just a headache. It manifested in my gut, as anxiety, and pain and often couldn’t hold food down.   I don’t know … Continue reading →