thanks Mike & Bob!

up at our normal "before the chickens" time, but we leave for the outpatient facility in about 1/2 hour.  I'll report back later!

Hope the same as well...

Hope she gets some good rest and feels better soon.  That's hard to take.

FWIW - My food alergy migraines traced down to some combination of too much cheddar cheese (there's something in cheddar that's not in other types of cheese), too many milk products with lactose and too much processed food.  Add caffeine and excessive quantities of meat or sugar (all of which heat up the body) and *BOOM*.

In moderation I can eat all of the above (gee, where have I heard that before?).

thanks for your thoughts and prayers, guys.

but it's not food allergies for her.  she has cracked and misaligned disks in her neck which cause the muscles in her neck to work harder than they should and that stresses her muscles in the neck and causes tension which eventually triggers the migraines.

or that's the theory from her nuerologist and pain management doctors at this point.

Same here....hope things go well for her Beags!

thanks guys.

mark - she sees a message therapist once a week.  her message therpist is a former RN and is contracted thru a chiropractor's office.  it seems to help.

Wow
Prayers are with ya brother.
I know how tough it can be on both of you.

My wife has the migrane thing bad as well. They give her some meds that have to be broken up cause in Arkansas they could give it as one perscription but in Michigan its against the law to do it the way shes used to. So the doctors break it up to where she can get what she needs, it just comes in multiple pills.  Sorry I dont recall the actual meds.

When the meds are past the point of not working, she has to go in for some sort of shot that makes her bed-ridden for 3 days afterwards. You can really see how they suffer when they hit, but all you can do is support 'em when they hit.

I really hope they can find and/or fix whats the main trigger and maybe that will slow the headaches down a bit.

Thoughts are with you two 

Hey Beagle.  

Your wife's treatment - is this something new that's being tried-out now?  I haven't been offered this one yet by my specialists.  Please let me know how it works out for her.  

As some of you might remember/know, I am off work due to the totally disabling effects of near(or oft) daily chronic severe migraine.  Prior to certain severe migraines, I go through something like a temporary psychosis and I treat people (mainly my dear, long-suffering wife) like crap.  It's as if all 'governors' are shut off and I can't control my negative thoughts/manias.  Horrible watching yourself go nutsoid and not be able to do anything about it.  Then the pain sets in after that and then it's "holy cow, kill me now" sort of thing.  My migraine triggers are not food related, but either barometric-change related or positive-ion-burst related (as what happens on the cusps of large weather/storm systems, full-moons, solar-flares and high-winds).  There is also the possibility/evidence my many heart issues (bi-cuspid valve regurgitation, heart-murmur, enlarged heart and aorta) could be related, as per some studies done at Stanford U.  Ultimately, only God knows.  

I pray your wife does well with this treatment.  Let the board know as soon as you see some progress.  I'd be very interested.  I am currently trying to 'stay clean' - keep myself less dependent on pain meds, as the on/off process of narcotics use is so hard on the system/psyche.  By God's grace, I'll stay sane and wait for the good hours to roll around, which thankfully, they do. 

It's the partners/spouses of migraineurs that suffer greatly too, I'd just like to note.  Everyone: send up your prayers not just for Beagle's wife, but for Beagle.  Enduring through and suffering with another's pain is tough-going!

Martin B.

2 Corinthians 1:7
"And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort." 
NIV
  

Jonbouy

message therapist

Those are invaluable for keeping up a healthy post count, no?

haha!  I didn't even realize I had done that!

Hopes she does well. Gotta watch what you eat and keep track sometimes. I know I have some medical problems myself, but not headaches so much.

That's really good news Reece.

Keep us posted