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Make peace not war with your chronic pain
Some time ago, I wrote about the neurologist who said you should ‘make friends’ with your migraine. When you’re in the depth of chronic migraine, it is very hard to imagine befriending a foe so painful… but – there is truth in this sentiment. At the very beginning of my…
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‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ and me…
June is Migraine Awareness Month. It’s rather fitting I feel, given that June is also my birthday-month! Most of June falls into the Zodiac sign of Gemini which uses the symbol of the twins. I don’t know whether it’s a coincidence or not, but the word ‘migraine’ comes from the…
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Tarot cards for pain
When I was at university, in my early twenties, I lived in a big share house. I can’t remember what prompted us, but one of my friends and I began to practice telling fortunes. She got very good at remembering what all the cards in the Tarot deck meant, whilst…
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Simon Cowell’s migraine glasses
Facebook has been around for-ev-er, but I only joined up a couple of months ago to become a part of some of the online migraine communities. Turns out you generally have to be a Facebook-user for longer than 3 months to participate, but I still enjoy reading other people’s posts.…
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Hairdressers with migraines
I finally made it to the hairdressers this morning. After many long months of ‘hibernating’ at home with chronic migraine, I sort of gave up a little bit on my personal appearance and stopped worrying too much about how my grey hair was getting a bit long and lanky. Even…
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Mindfulness… just sew
Sewing, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting… they are all mindful techniques that can create a deep sense of relaxed concentration that becomes something of a state of Zen. Truly! I’ve recently been trying long-stitch, and I’m often surprised at how much I get ‘lost in the moment’ and ‘time flies’. It is…
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Mouthguards for migraines
In the worst migraine I have ever had, the pain was so bad that I broke three of my own teeth. (I’m not sure why I wrote it like that – who else’s teeth would I break – and how?!) Not long after the major migraine attack, when I was…
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Are you a Henny Penny panderer or a naked Emperor outerer?
When I was a kid, I always had a love-hate relationship with the story of Henny Penny, the chicken who felt an acorn land on her head and became convinced that the sky was falling. There were plenty of different versions of the story, but the essence was the same;…
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Your migraine needs a mood board!
In architecture, mood-boards are regularly used in the preliminary stages of design. And for good reason. The collection of images helps designers and their clients quickly visualize concepts in a way that is more efficient than words alone. Everyone who looks at the board can see the look and feel…
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