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• I have been searching for an interesting way to start this blog. So far nothing has come to mind. I am not the blogging type, nor am I aware what the blogging type even is, but nonetheless I am doing this. Why? I still haven't quite figured that out yet. My name is Oona, and I am writing this blog about my experiences with migraines. I should probably tell you  a little about my migraines now. That would be the next step on this path to something.  Righteousness, Acceptance, Understanding?.......Moving on.

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• A migraine is defined as, "a condition marked by recurrent severe headache often with nausea and vomiting" by the Webster online dictionary. Chronic is defined as, "always present or encountered; especially: constantly vexing, weakening, or troubling. From that description it is easy to tell they are no fun at all. What else can we tell? They are always there, they hurt, and they are exhausting. I have had chronic migraines for 3 years. It has actually been one migraine that has lasted all this time. A never-ending, one.  I have had migraines occasionally for another three years before that. Which makes 6 years of pain. I have other symptoms besides pain. Like loss of appetite, nausea, exhaustion, and trouble sleeping. I would call that the summery of my condition. The history, if you will. 

Now on to the blog. I want to make it accessible to a wide variety of people. People who suffer from migraines, chronic and otherwise, are my main priority. I also want it to make sense to people looking to understand the condition, whether they are friends and family of "migrainers" or just innocently curious bystanders. Though it will probably only get read by people I know. A girl can dream though, right? I want to talk, not just about migraines, but about my migraine world and everything that's included in it. It feels as though I have been in pain for most of my life. I can tell you the best things to do with a migraine, best places to go, best people to see, best things to eat, think about, etc. Then again, everyone is different. I can give you my view on this "thing", then you can try it on for yourself, and it just might fit. 

When people think of migraines, they think brain tumor. I can assure you that I don't have one. I have done all the tests, seen all the doctors and been diagnosed.......with migraines. It doesn't help me to have a diagnosis, because there is no cure for migraines, and every type of medicine and healing I have tried so far has not worked. I have a diagnosis nonetheless.   

This is my first post. I am not going to go too specific on this one. I hope you noticed the poll in the top left corner? If you could take I would very much appreciate it. Ill give you a second to do that.............I would like to here all about you. If you suffer from migraines, comment. If you know someone who suffers from migraines, comment. I think we could form a little community here, and it might just turn out to be something really special. 

 

If you want to know more about me, I am a "avid" reader, baker, movie watcher, animal lover, project doer, dreamer. My family gives me the most relief,and happiness I am in bed for part, usually most, of every day. I don't know how I get by, but I do, and that is the blessing. I hope that this blog is read by people of all ages. I think it would be helpful to parents with children with migraines, and children with parents with migraines, and everyone in between.  

Have a beautiful day.

-Oona