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...story on headaches [HEALTH, Oct. 7], I felt a familiar twinge in my head. I put down the magazine, had a shot of nasal spray and sat back to wait. Within minutes, an unseen hand twisted the dial on the rheostat in my head. Forty-five minutes later, the pain retreated as quickly as it had arrived, leaving me limp and exhausted. For cluster-headache sufferers like me, such episodes have a huge impact on our daily lives. No one seems to know where cluster headaches come from, why we get them or how to treat them effectively. Articles like...
...migraines closed on a note of optimism, a feeling that I suspect is not shared by many who must endure migraines. For all the advances of the past few years, the reality for many of us who suffer from migraines is a minimum of several days of absolute pain each month. The new medicines may help to some extent, but the rebound effect of more headaches is a constant problem. For we who have endured the pain of migraines for decades, the cure cannot come soon enough. And while medical professionals may be more sophisticated than they were years...
...migraines for 19 years. for 17 of those years I suffered needlessly because I had always thought that a true migraine included auras [visions of jagged lines and bright lights shortly before the pain sets in]. I'm glad you set the record straight by noting that only about 20% of migraine sufferers experience auras. It is sad that misinformation and misunderstanding about headaches and their effects on everyday life are rampant. Your reporting will no doubt help bring about a better understanding. LEAH ZUEGER St. Paul, Minn...
...explains, "and that her dream will hopefully come true. But the unhappy part is that I go through 20-hour-a-day work periods, and I do not wish to see my sister do that. Who wants to see their loved ones going through so much pain?" Two days later Chen says over the phone that she thinks she performs better when she is just being herself. "I need to be comfortable onstage. I don't want to be shifting around in something I don't like," she says. Chen will have to get used to it. Being herself...
Over the summer, he stayed at Harvard as a summer-school proctor and set up a laptop with a Tetris emulator near the Chessmaster in front of Au Bon Pain. Challenging people to a dollar a game, Rennard managed to rack up $25 in five hours without losing a single match. Unfortunately, he soon had to close shop when the Assistant Dean for Harvard Summer School warned him that he could get in trouble because he didn’t have a street license. No matter. Rennard remembers proudly that “people were talking about the Tetris Master...