Migraines and Me: Part Two by Alex Snider

One of the biggest hurdles I've faced with migraines has been my own perception of them. Similar to the stages of grief, I've had to face down shame, blame, guilt, depression, frustration, denial and anger to get to a place of relative acceptance. It wasn't necessarily in that order, and I've not necessarily left any of those unhelpful emotions behind but more and more acceptance is dominating.

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10 Things I Learned in First Aid Training by Rebekah Hakkenberg

1. Be very careful who you sit next to on the first day.

Seriously. Choose wisely. Because that person is going to get to know you very intimately by the end of this. Don't choose the lady who will show no respect for your need for personal space (I'll show you where she touched me if you bring me a doll).

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Shit Doctors Have Told Me by Alex Snider

Yesterday I wrote part one of my migraine saga, where I touched briefly on the fact that I've had some pretty terrible doctors. Sure it sucks having bad doctors, it means I have to fight really hard for care and to be taken seriously. It means I have to spend a lot of time outside of clinic's in tears on the phone with my mum, frustrated by another unhelpful appointment. It means I've spent almost 1,200 days with migraines, without relief. But, the good thing is that I have lots of amazing stories and one-liners that I don't feel at all weird about sharing on the Internet where they can be read by anyone, forever! (I feel a little weird but they're pretty funny!) (Some aren't very funny.)

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Migraines and Me: Part One by Alex Snider

These are the things I know about migraines:

I've been getting them since I was 12. So... 16 years. Yep.

Usually I get at least three a month, sometimes more and they last 2-3 days. That works out to more than 1,152 days of migrainey fun. Note: It's not fun.

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