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Life is a rollercoaster
The last few months have been a bit of a rollercoaster. The best bits have been setting up a business and starting to do some work which has been really exciting. I’m better than I was and able to do … Continue reading
A hope and a future
I’ve not blogged for a while, a long time in fact. It’s been an intense few months of finally starting to come to terms with this new life I’ve been landed with and it’s left me a bit too raw … Continue reading
Progress :-)
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, and fortunately that’s mainly for good reasons. The combination of treatments is enabling me to feel like I have a quality of life at last – which is wonderful after being so constrained … Continue reading
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Bridge of Light
Ok, so I didn’t do so well with the blog-a-day challenge. There’s been a lot going on that’s taken all my energy and brain power so there’s been none left over for blogging. I won’t bore you with the details … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, gammacore, hope, migraine, music, progress, resilience
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Getting creative
Travelling with migraine is like signing up a for a voluntary torture session, which is why I’ve only been enduring it when I absolutely have to. Even with every trick and potion known to mankind, just the 5 minute car … Continue reading
A celebration of frustration
You might have gathered from some recent posts that I’ve been getting frustrated recently. In fact, I’ve been more frustrated than if I was playing in a tournament of the game that drives you popping mad The limitations of not … Continue reading
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Tagged boredom, chronic migraine, frustration, pacing, progress, spoonie life
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Special delivery
So my new treatment device has arrived… Not only is it good for playing innuendo bingo, it’s also a highly developed new technology that’s recently come on the migraine scene. (You can find out more at gammacore.com if you’re interested) … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic migraine, gammacore, hopeful, new treatments, science, technology, treatment plan, vagus nerve stimulation
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Why migraine-free me?
For the people who’ve recently asked how I got in to blogging and why I called the site migraine-free me, and for others who might have been wondering the same Why do I blog? I write to help make sense … Continue reading
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Sitting in the dust
Health Warning: not quite as positive as the last one, sorry A strange thing has happened recently. I mentioned in a previous post (Onwards and Upwards) that we’ve seen some progress – instead of the vast majority of time being … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, grief, hurt, loss, migraine, mourning, pain, sadness
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Onwards and upwards
At last I can write a celebratory post 🙂 The combination of topiramate and nortriptyline seems to be working to some extent and there’s finally been a bit of progress. Back in January we set a bold target of having … Continue reading
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One year on…
Today marks an anniversary of sorts, though not really one I want to celebrate. It was one year ago today, on the evening of Sunday 16th March 2014 to be precise, that the first full migraine struck after coming off … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic migraine, migraine, migraine fighter, my story, pushed to limits, spoonielife, still standing
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It’s not all doom and gloom
I’m aware that my posts have been a bit more negative recently. I’m not sure whether I should apologise for that or not – I did say I’d be honest after all. But I do want to redress the balance … Continue reading
Oh.
I had a review consultation via telephone with the specialist at the National Migraine Centre today. It didn’t bring quite the news I was hoping for. I was looking forward to talking about things like ‘recovery’, ‘getting back to full … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, adjustment, chronic migraine, disappointment, expectations, goals, lifelong condition, long term, migraine
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The one thousandth
According to WordPress stats, migrainefreeme.com has had 999 views since it started in October. So if you’re the first person to read this post… Congratulations! You have just made the 1,000th view! To mark this once-in-a-lifetime achievement, you can claim … Continue reading
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Goodbye, hello
So 2014 is nearly over. There have been plenty of times when I’ve found myself wishing this year away and hoping I can just pretend it never happened. But I’ve also had plenty of reminders of how wonderful life is, … Continue reading
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I’ll be there for you…
So after all sorts of uncertainties and wonderings, a long series of coincidences and a few last minute surprises, we successfully moved in to our new house a couple of weeks ago 🙂 We feel incredibly fortunate and still can’t … Continue reading
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The choice
I want to build a dark room with soft floors, padded walls and no chinks of light. I would spend all day in my room and I would be blissfully happy. But it wouldn’t be a life. I would have no … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, chronic migraine, doing things anyway, experiences, migraine, moving house
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Giving in, but not giving up (my story, part 3 of 3)
The last few months I think I’ve cried more than I ever have in my life. Not the usual snotty snivvles or temporary hormonal outbursts I can be quite partial to, but full-on, gut-wrenching, soul-tearing, heart-breaking cries that originate somewhere … Continue reading
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