Better to have a brain tumor then....?

When you say you suffer from migraines do you mean horrible headaches or the genetic heriditary disease known as Migraine where headache is one of the symptoms along some or all of the following, tingling in extremities, nausea, vomiting, light hallucinations - or blindspots and even siezures? The cause of a migraine is the opposite of headaches - the blood vessels in the cranium vasodilate. IF you know all this - sorry! Love your response, thanks for the detail! These sites dispel many myths about migraine including the prevailant one that stress and depression is a causative factor: http://www.migraines.org/myth/mythreal.htm http://www.migrainedisease.com/

some bouts of migraine occur without headache as one of the symptoms. Oh and you can also try feverfew and ginger!

I suffer from migraines, the horrible pain, light sensitivity, heaving your guts up migraines! I was diagnosed by a neurologist, who had my mom drive me the 100 miles to his office while I was suffering with a magnitude 5 migraine...Mom was a rock, listening to my dry heaves during the hour and 45 minute drive to get me there. I also suffer from ocular migraines, which is the flashing lights in the eyes without the horrible pain in the brain. Those are frightening as I have had them where I was nearly blind!! I have found that the ocular migraines are precursors to a full fledged migraine, so I take preventative measures to avoid a migraine. I wish they were just horrible headaches, those I knock out with Tylenol and keep on going. The migraines put me in bed until they are over. Thank you for further information on taking care of them...I will check into it.

First, Hatley, thank you for your response. I'm glad for those people who have the money for prescriptions and found one that works. Not everyone is so lucky - either to have the money (we don't qualify for state help either) or to find something that works. As I say in my conversation starter," Yet I wonder if it would be better to have an operable tumor - and a good chance of recovery - and yes I do realize that not all tumors are operable". And as I say later on, do you ever wish you could have something more serious if you knew that an operation would take care of it forever (and I added in paranthesis that there is no for sure, but for the sake of this the idea is that it would be a for sure) rather then suffer. I do know many of my triggers. I can't go to the mall and crowded places because scent is a big trigger for me and some people bathe in perfume, cologne and aftershave not to mention all the candle and other stores that have scents so strong. And there are some houses that I can't visit because the person uses plug in scents, scented candles or those incense sticks. Even if they know of my suffering and don't use them, the scent is there. Or they smoke. I can't use our laundry room at night because the light is flurescent light which is bad in itself but this one flickers. My landlady hasn't changed it yet. Also certain lights - flashing or a fast ceiling fan - or certain camera tricks in movies like spinning. And certain foods with MSG - so I've learned all the names for MSG. I can't be on meds now, still nursing my baby. He should be fully weaned soon. I hate the idea of taking medicine regularly for life - its hard on the liver. Another reason it would be nice to just have a condition, operate and be done. I'm not saying that I would be happy to find out such a thing, but I'm saying if it were operable and it was a success, remember this is just a what if question with the conditions being that the tumor is operable with a very good chance of recovery. Its hypothetical. Tumor or long term condition which for some, who try many medications, there is no help for, for some it is a disability. it would be preferable to having a condition forever. And many medications for migraines (and different ones work for different people) work when you take them BEFORE you get the migraine, when you are getting your precurser symptoms like eye problems - a neck that stiffens all of a sudden I just found out is a precurser - or for me a strange feeling on the top of my head, prickles like its going to sleep - the doctor gave mine and other symptoms like this a name but I forget it. I'm forgetful, what if I've forgotten my medication - or run out - I don't have insurance for prescriptions, it would be sky high for the beta blocker (prophylactic) and the even the medicine by itself is expensive) so there would be many times when I don't have the medication due to money. Or what if I'm too busy to notice the symptoms or can't stop what I'm doing to take the medicine?

Oh and another trigger - taxi cabs - for those drivers that wear weird perfumes or have three or four (one is trigger enough) of those air freshners.