Comments on: A different kind of before and after

By: Tania

Tania — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:00:17 +0000

Hi! I came across your blog and wow-gotta say your weight loss pics (not the magic of Flash) blew my mind. I am SOOO inspired to get out and lose the 40lbs that have been leading me to insanity literally-since the last 7 years. Great Job.
And I know unasked-for advice can suck, but maybe this might help with the headaches. I used to have severe migraines that popped up out of nowhere one fine day. They would greet me when i woke up and contunue into the day no matter what medication I took and often led to nausea and vomitting. Until I tried Homeopathy. The headaches disppeared in a couple of days and I havn’t even been having any medication at all since a month. Still no headaches.
If you’re open to alternative healing, give it a try. Although pls keep in mind it is just a personal experience, not professional medical advice. Take Care and Kudos to u once again!

By: Shayne

Shayne — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:29:53 +0000

A friend of mine sent me the link to your blog. I can so relate. I’ve had a headache since January. I had a bad reaction to the migraine medication and got my MRI and CAT scan in the ER. The first neurologist I saw didn’t even examine me and just put me on more migraine medicine – which I refused to take because I know it’s not a migraine! I finally got a doctor to believe me when I said it isn’t a migraine. She ran all the bloodwork and everything is normal. So, I have an appt with another neurologist next week. I’m on percocet every six hours “as needed” until then. It doesn’t really kill the pain, just makes me not care so much.

I’m glad you’re feeling better and I hope that continues for you.

By: Health Advocate

Health Advocate — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:23:03 +0000

It’s great to know that you are rid of your headache…will take tips from your experience surely.

By: marty

marty — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:51:06 +0000

Just wanted to say I’m glad you’re feeling better. Reading about what the suffering you’ve gone through since February 2008 has made me appreciate just feeling well.

By: ana

ana — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:02:04 +0000

Your need of having a headache diary sucks but I am glad you are feeling better

By: G.G.

G.G. — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:39:38 +0000

So glad you’re feeling better!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:35:03 +0000

I have chronic back pain following an episode of extremely severe pain almost a decade ago, and I can very much relate to what you wrote. It’s not that the pain really goes away, but it mostly retreats to a level where you can get things done and live your life. Also, it’s possible I got better about handling/ignoring it. It took me a good year, maybe closer to two, to get to that point.

I am glad you have come so far.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:36:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I can actually personally relate to this.

Several years ago I started suffering with severe headaches, and pain clinics are not really something we have/had in the UK (or If they did I never heard of them) so my regular GP was inundated with visits from me in varying stages of pain. I was once even taken to the emergency room because the pain was so bad I literally thought I was going to die.

After a referral to a Neurologist, a CT scan, various blood and other invasive tests, I was diagnosed with….wait for it……chronic daily headache syndrome. My opinion at the time was BIG COP OUT. Basically in my head they were just saying, we don’t know what it is so we’re going to call it this give you some drugs and send you away.

They gave me Amitriptyline and Co-Codamol (the UK equivelant of Vicodin) and sent me on my merry way. What they didn’t tell me is that a side effect of Co-codamol is a ‘narcotic headache’. I ended up no better, with an additional source of headache pain and a painkiller addiction!

Let me also point out that I was significantly overweight when this started. Around 70 lbs overweight. I lost it a couple of years ago and the headaches seems to ease slightly. I also weaned off the painkillers, so that stopped. I cut all types of prescription medication and just took regular painkillers and found that the ones with caffiene in worked best.

Then I moved to the US last year, I have since discovered (through a amuc better health care provider) that my headaches are in fact tension/stress/anxiety produced and that I suffer from Generalised Anxiety Disorder. Losing weight had an impact on my headaches because I stopped worrying about being ‘fat’. I am now taking Xanax (as and when I feel I REALLY have to) and i’m going to see my GP today to talk about a more long term solution.

Sorry….that was more long winded than i’d meant it to be.

Cool blog btw!

By: Marisa (Trim The Fat)

Marisa (Trim The Fat) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:55:30 +0000

Wow, I can only imagine how horrible that must have been for you! Glad you are seeing an improvement :)

By: Andy Lee

Andy Lee — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:15:26 +0000

yay!!