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Tracking my Near-Chronic Illness Made it Worse

For years I just assumed I’d have to live with migraines; they were there every so often, would knock me down into bed, and would leave for a few day, maybe if I was lucky, a few weeks, giving me respite from the spirit-breaking pain. Eventually, I landed in the ER where I — finally […]

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The Silent Pain of Living with Chronic Pain

I can’t really remember a time in my life when waking up with searing pain above my eye, or a throbbing so deep that I assume my brain will explode with the my next heartbeat wasn’t normal. I know that I didn’t have migraines when I was a child, that they came upon me when […]