2009 Highlights: Tips, information and ideas…
It’s time for part 2 of your favourite posts from 2009! You can read the last post which featured drugs, treatments and supplements here.
Key Information
- 5 Signs You have Retinal Migraine: Retinal Migraine may not be what you think it is. Do you really have it? Here are some easy tips to help confirm your diagnosis.
- First Migraine then Bloodshot Eye – What’s up? Getting an unexpected bloodshot eye along with your migraine attack? What’s happening? Answers to a common question.
News and Research
Here are some key news items that caught people’s attention – and yes, they just might have an impact on you personally.
- A Sleep Apnea Mystery Solved?: A major solution to many suffering from sleep apnea may be simpler than machines and operations.
- Those with Migraine more Sensitive to Stress? Maybe or maybe not – a better question might be, what is stress? And what kind of stress?
- By the Way – Botox Lawsuit one to Watch… Botox has been getting its name out there in more ways than one. This lawsuit is an insight into the politics of medicine that have a huge impact on you the patient.
- Chocolate for Migraine? Could a common trigger turn out to be a migraine-fighter? Check out this recent research.
Key tips and ideas
- Get a Headache after Working Out? A very common problem does have some excellent solutions. Check it out.
- Don’t Ignore Migraine During Perimenopause: Oh, it’s just a part of life. But is it? Don’t ignore a headache or migraine because you think it’s "normal" – it isn’t, and we’re here to fight it!
- 1% Thursday: Try a Buckwheat Pillow: One of the more popular recent posts in our 1% Thursday series – key information about buckwheat pillows and why they might help ease your pain.
- A Review of Menstrual Migraine (the book): One of our more popular recent book reviews. You’ll be hearing more from this book in the months ahead, no doubt.
- How to avoid that Altitude Headache: Surprisingly common, but there are some ways to fight back.
- The Migraineur’s Quick Guide to Reading Food Labels: No more messing around – find out what those complicated labels are really telling you, and how to avoid the marketing tricks that are making you eat things that are giving you pain.
The Tailend
A couple more posts that proved to be especially popular this year.
- What is Migraine? (The Life Impact Story): Part of our series of key information about migraine, this one really struck a chord because it gets down to how migraine really changes our lives. Cousin Mig is the villian, but we’re not putting up with him.
- Stress, Diet, and searching for Triggers: Is stress really a migraine trigger? Some say no, some yes. But this migraineur has his own opinion from experience, and it’s quite an experience.
Your favourites?
What posts did you find most helpful over the past year? I hope that I’ve been able to help in the fight we’re in against migraine, cluster, and various headaches.
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May 2010 be a year of even more progress – and may many of you become symptom-free in the months ahead! Let’s work together to make it happen.