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  1. Carlyn Beccia
    5 August 2008 @ 6:18 am

    very funny, I am not a headache sufferer but I think the reference to cow’s brain might stir up some symptathy.

    One more for the history buff:

    Prehistoric man used trepanning to relieve headaches. Does anyone have a sharp stone and a steady hand?

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  2. James
    5 August 2008 @ 3:55 pm

    I love it! Wisdom of the ancients. 😉

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  3. Teejay
    9 August 2008 @ 1:53 pm

    I love the “I have one of the world’s most painful and disorienting diseases, and I’m having an attack.” I bet that wouldn’t bring on the well-intentioned comebacks of “take an aspirin”, etc!

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  4. James
    9 August 2008 @ 7:08 pm

    I agree, Teejay – maybe we should do another post on “most annoying responses to the statement: ‘I’m having a migraine attack'”!

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  5. deborah
    11 August 2008 @ 6:48 pm

    That was an awesome post.

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  6. Dealing With Headaches » Blog Archive » August Headache Blog Carnival Now Up
    11 August 2008 @ 7:30 pm

    […] get the party started with How to Introduce a Migraine by James over at Headache and Migraine News Blog. Because, of course, it’s all about the […]

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  7. Megan Oltman
    13 August 2008 @ 4:18 pm

    These are fabulous! I add the Monty Python approach – “My Brain HURTS!” said in deep gumby voice and the just plain goofy approach – “Uh-oh, my head essplode!”

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  8. MaxJerz
    18 August 2008 @ 11:17 pm

    These are awesome – I think the cow’s dung one is my favorite!

    Be well,
    MJ

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  9. Laura
    23 August 2008 @ 6:50 pm

    I love it! These are so funny! I especially like “…and I’m getting a headache!”

    I have had severe migraines for four years and almost daily migraines for the past year.

    I am fortunate in that I no longer have much contact with people who don’t understand, because I had to stop working and go on disability leave. My husband now totally gets it, my psychiatrist gets it (she turns down the lights for me!), my mom gets it (and migraines too, which she calls sinus headaches). But the real miracle is, my mother-in-law gets it!!!! Whoo-hoo!!!

    But I’m bookmarking your page in case I ever need a snappy migraine introduction.

    Keep up the fabulous work, dude!!

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  10. James
    18 February 2009 @ 8:28 am

    Thanks for your comments – I hadn’t read this one for a while, so it was refreshing to read it again… maybe I can try one of these lines today! 😉

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  11. Leslie
    29 October 2012 @ 8:18 pm

    I feel like my head is about to give birth.

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  12. Cindy Dalton
    29 October 2012 @ 10:04 pm

    During my last migraine attack, the only parts of my body not suffering were the trimmed hair and fingernails I left at the beauty parlor the day before.

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  13. P
    30 May 2013 @ 6:11 pm

    I have MAV now with my migraines, but prior to this development when getting aural and visual auras I’d say “I’m just having a mini rave going on in my head”.

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