tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341664072024-03-07T02:59:37.210-05:00Abi's Migrainous Wanderingswandering the vast reaches of the internet to discover the truth about Migraine disease and expose the misconceptionsAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-59674421001246485102012-01-22T17:54:00.000-05:002012-01-22T17:54:11.006-05:00To Tweet or Not to Tweet?Went to Tweet some of my favorite Migraine links today, but Twitter has been "over capacity" for the last half hour. Now I understand that it's Sunday, and I understand that we don't pay for unsing Twitter, but it is monetized. So, what's the deal? This isn't an isolated incident. TIme for Twitter to invest in more server space or bandwidth or whatever it is they need to invest in to solve this Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-70486823870862475772012-01-15T11:42:00.000-05:002012-01-15T18:27:41.010-05:00Let's Get Off Our Tushies and Sign That Migraine Petition!
Long time, no blog, fellow Migraineurs!
Wanted to pop in to remind everyone that the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy is busy at work trying to get Congress to hold the very first Congressional hearings about Migraine disease and other headache disorders.
As with their other initiatives, it only takes a very short time to sign this petition, and it's super easy. You just follow the Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-28444318561685113862010-08-08T16:02:00.003-04:002010-08-08T16:09:58.698-04:00Migraine and Disability, the Best Post I've Seen!Kudos to Migraine specialist and AHDA advocate Bill Young who wrote the best blog post I've ever seen on the topic of Migraine and disability. Here's the first paragraph:"In order to bring new treatments to people with severe migraine we have to be able to measure the disability and impact of migraine. I am a physician who cares for and about people with severe headaches, but I have encountered Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-68248170641078779702010-07-02T21:05:00.002-04:002010-07-02T21:08:58.407-04:00Migraines are Curable? Oh, Puhleeeeeze!Well, Arabella of the blog Migraine Truth has found an other real gem. I'm not going to write anything about this blog post she found. She has spoken quite well enough for me.Please, go read Migraines are Curable - Here We Go Again!Great job, Arabella. Thank you!Namasté,AbiAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-33622607501373611582010-04-19T11:43:00.002-04:002010-08-08T16:02:21.808-04:00Teri Robert and Ali Sultaneh: What's Going On?If you've read this blog before, you know that I admire Teri Robert a great deal. Teri is the author of Living Well With Migraine Disease and Headaches, a health writer, and a patient advocate in the field of Migraine and other headache disorders. If I were younger, I'd hope to grow up to be like Teri. As it is, I hope my daughter grows up to be like Teri. I could go on about why I admire her, Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-14140373190819786732010-02-15T12:46:00.002-05:002010-02-15T13:13:16.560-05:00Getting Migraine Care - My Turn To VentBy now, I hope everyone who reads this blog knows that I care deeply about others with Migraines and their problems with getting treatment. Still, I'm seeing a trend that really bugs me.What I'm seeing is Migraineurs who talk and talk about needing better care, but expect everything to be easy and essentially just handed to them. Let me explain. There are two main issues I'm seeing discussed:Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-31324942436138012622009-12-20T16:57:00.003-05:002009-12-20T23:30:14.529-05:00December Migraine Blog CarnivalHello, Fellow Migraineurs!The December edition of the Migraine Disease and Headache Blog Carnival is up, and it's a great one!This month's theme is "Advice on and experiences with holiday season stress. I hope you'll take some time to go visit the carnival and read the posts.The carnival this month is hosted by Teri Robert on MyMigraineConnection.com. To visit this month's carnival, JUST CLICK Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-71370475707662560422009-10-14T10:43:00.003-04:002009-10-14T10:48:20.259-04:00Alternative Therapies for Migraine: October 09 Migraine & Headache Blog CarnivalThe Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been created to provide both headache patients and people who blog about headaches with opportunities to share ideas on topics of particular interest and importance to us.The theme of the October carnival is Alternative therapies - your experiences (good or bad), thoughts about trying them or any other take on the subject.This month's carnivalAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-67791904418439269202009-09-26T13:00:00.004-04:002009-09-26T13:17:05.964-04:00Some important Migraine postsNamasté, my dear readers!Although my own Migraines and daily life haven't left me much time for blogging recently, I've been thinking about everyone.In lieu of trying to put together the required brain cells to blog today myself, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to share with you some of the blogs I've enjoyed lately. If you missed them, this will give you another chance to read some Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-61293170170637855012009-09-15T18:05:00.005-04:002009-09-15T22:57:08.565-04:00Cindy McCain, Migraine AdvocateLast week was a great one for all of us with Migraine disease. We've been wishing for ages for a Migraineur who is very visible to the public to take up our cause, and it has happened at last.Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John McCain, came forward last week. She not only shared about her own situation with Migraine, she came forward to advocate for all of us.Author and patient advocate was there Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-57467290421612293022009-02-07T14:03:00.005-05:002009-02-07T14:26:48.515-05:00The AHDA and Migraine Research - We CAN Help!Hello! I know I've been remiss about posting, but family and personal matters have had me busy, busy, busy.Anyway, this is to important to miss...One of the biggest hurdles we face regarding Migraine treatment is the lack of solid research into the cause of Migraines and just what happens when we have a Migraine. Although there's been good progress, it's nowhere near that of some other diseases Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-50345980427894780522009-01-02T07:14:00.003-05:002009-01-02T07:21:35.653-05:00Migraine Podcast: Welcome Back, MigraineCast!It seems that my all-time favorite podcast is back! Some time ago, Teri Robert started MigraineCast, a podcast chock full of great information and tips about Migraines and headaches.It's been a while since the last podcast, and when I emailed Teri about it a while back, she apologized, saying that she'd been so busy with all of her work that MigraineCast had taken a back seat for a while. She Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-22440114813257352422008-11-21T10:53:00.003-05:002008-11-21T11:00:07.102-05:00Migraine Truth, a New Blogger on the SceneI've been a bit AWOL recently. Dealing with my own family and health issues. While I wasn't around, a new Migraine blogger has appeared on the scene. Arabella started a new blog she named Migraine Truth, she says "because I'm tired of misconceptions, misunderstandings and outright lies." Wow.Arabella is taking on some of the sites and blogs many Migraine bloggers don't or won't. Why not? I can't Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-81112685764213041472008-11-11T23:21:00.004-05:002008-11-11T23:46:09.377-05:00New Migraine Guide at About - a Good Thing?One of the first really great Migraine and headache web sites I found when I turned to the internet for information several years ago was About.com's About Headaches and Migraines. At that time, the "guide" on the site was Teri Robert. When she left the site in January of 2007, it was a sad time for me. I'd followed her work for several years by then; had read her stupendous book, "Living Well Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-75592811498046544912008-08-04T11:21:00.007-04:002008-08-04T11:49:16.182-04:00Migraine Expressed in Words and ImagesOK, I'm seldom at a loss for words, but I just saw a book that leaves me feeling inadequate to express my thoughts about it in words. inspiring dynamic gloriousAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-34723611690673749762008-07-22T12:55:00.004-04:002008-07-22T13:49:12.321-04:00Using the words "headache" and "Migraine" Interchangeably. Bad, Bad, Bad.I find myself exceedingly sad today. Last week, I received an email from a PR firm representing one of our major headache and Migraine disease nonprofit organizations. The email asked me to share information from a recent survey done by the nonprofit organization.My mood went up at first -- Yes! More good information to share. Then my mood plummeted as I continued. What? This MAJOR organization,Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-39441692951550562732008-07-03T14:08:00.001-04:002008-07-03T14:10:19.977-04:00Interesting Book Review Site Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know by Teri Robert My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThe most helpful migraine and headache book to date. Ms. Robert tells it like it is and provides more information than any doctor has time to provide. Based on solid science as well as personal experience -- both her own and that of case Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-3254132181012823912008-05-14T02:45:00.003-04:002008-05-14T02:50:44.903-04:00Headache and Migraine Disease Blog Carnival for MayDiana Lee has posted May's Headaches and Migraine Disease Blog Carnival on Somebody Heal Me. This month -- Migraines & Exercise: How do you stay active?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 Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-6478933149206480682008-05-04T02:58:00.003-04:002008-05-04T03:05:32.892-04:00Migraine - 2008 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest Winners!Each year, writer and patient advocate Teri Robert conducts the Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest to bring together people with AND without Migraine disease and headaches to share our thoughts and expressions. This contest is held in April, National Poetry Month.I just read this year's winning poems and many of the other poems entered. Wow! The poems submitted to this contest get Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-33944745687485434502008-04-24T17:23:00.004-04:002008-04-24T17:29:25.714-04:00Spring. Love it? Hate it? Migraines love it!What a horrendous couple of weeks! In so many ways, I love spring with it's cherry blossoms, birds returning, flowers blooming! But, spring also seems to bring me more Migraines than any other time of year with wildly fluctuating temperatures and weather fronts coming through. UGH!Of course, the increase in Migraines is at least partly my own fault. Once warmer weather arrives, I tend to curl up Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-20746374939545717502008-04-15T14:08:00.003-04:002008-04-15T14:17:25.516-04:00Migraine Poetry - Express Yourself and Raise AwarenessAuthor and Patient Advocate Teri Robert knows the pain migraine sufferers face each day – she’s been experiencing headaches and migraine attacks herself since childhood. Finding writing therapeutic and wanting to further help those in the migraine community, Robert, in conjunction with The HealthCentral Network (www.HealthCentral.com), are hosting the “Putting Our Heads Together” Poetry Contest Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-27208091164499318312008-04-14T14:56:00.002-04:002008-04-14T15:00:57.341-04:00April Headache Blog Carnival - Strategies for Coping with MigrainesGenerally 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 to share ideas on topics of particular interest and importance to us.Visit this month's carnivalAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-62522937231801233222008-04-04T15:49:00.002-04:002008-04-04T15:52:34.730-04:00Migraine Research - Please email your Senator TODAY!We need and deserve better treatments, but we're unlikely to get them until the NIH increases the funding for basic Migraine and headache research.Each of us CAN make a difference. Please read the letter below and follow the link to email your Senators NOW.Thanks!Shalom,Abi Please Email Your Senator Today! Our efforts last month to urge members of the US House of Representatives to Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-79861260014940174162008-03-13T12:29:00.003-04:002008-03-13T12:59:03.629-04:00Migraine Treatments: Time to get off our behinds!Here's a sad fact for you -- There are NO medications available that were developed for Migraine prevention. NONE. Everything we have in our arsenal was developed for other conditions. Then Migraineurs using them for those conditions noticed that they were having fewer Migraines. All the preventive medications we have are what Teri Robert calls "hand-me-down" drugs.How about another sad fact? TwoAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34166407.post-37867029338412988232008-03-11T09:49:00.005-04:002008-03-11T09:57:45.415-04:00March Blog Carnival - Maintaining Friendships for Those WIth Migraines and HeadachesDiana Lee at Somebody Heal Me has done us all a great service by establishing a monthly headache and Migraine disease blog carnival. This month, it's being hosted by Teri Robert at MyMigraineConnection.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 Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149095861584546967noreply@blogger.com0