IT'S MIGRAINE AWARENESS WEEK!
(2nd - 8th September)
What does this mean? Well it means the good
folk at The Migraine Trust, The National Migraine Centre and Migraine Action
have lots of information packs, good ideas and top tips for you to share and spread
around like butter. Click on the links provided, check their Facebook pages and Twitter feeds and get sharing!
Here at migraine monologues I have a bevy
of delights ready for the week. Posts will, hopefully, include:
I’ve asked migraineurs of all ages and types
to describe their migraines, including a special guest video post from Skulls & Ponies. The results might surprise you, head pain is not
always the worst symptom.
Some brave migraineurs have willingly taken pictures of themselves at their worst: in bed with a migraine. But because
this sounds depressing, and migraineurs are super cool individuals who can achieve wonders, there are also pictures of these same migrainuers at
their best, i.e looking fabulous whilst rock climbing.
Migraine
Rituals and Top Tips.
When migraines are a common part of life
it’s handy to have a ‘ritual’ in place for when the next one strikes. I’m not
talking some kind of religious ritual, more a fixed set of actions, including having
certain comfort foods to hand, that I know will help with my pain.
In the mighty USA September 10th-16th
is National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week. It so nearly coincides
with Migraine Awareness Week and as Migraine is an invisible illness I’m
stealing one of their ‘prompts’ and I’d love others to use it too. They have
something called a ‘meme’, which is simply a list of questions about life with
your invisible illness, all you do is answer them! Some of the questions are
quite funny, such as “My favourite medical TV show is:_______” Why don’t you fill in the meme and I’ll
share it here or you can share it on their site?
Other exciting posts will include: The Truth About Elvis Presley's Death! Travelling and Migraine - why I wont meet my husband on plane. Migraine Mecca: The National Migraine Centre. To be honest, I think I'll have to declare it National Migraine Awareness Month (MAM) in order to get through this lot but I'll try.
I’ll be Tweeting @migrainemonolog (I'll use the hashtag #MAW) and Facebooking like mad with facts and figures about this neurological
disorder that is migraine. Facts and Figures such as in the UK there are an estimated 190,000 migraine attacks everyday. And, in the UK approximately 8 million people suffer from migraine!!!
It’s not too late to get involved, if you
want to be included in any of the posts I’m doing send me an email at Victoria@migrainemonologues.com
but more importantly enlighten your friends, family and people you sit next to on
the train about the reality of living with migraine.
More useful links for Migraine Awareness Week:
The Migraine Trust - they also have fabulous fact sheets and pages of statistics that you can share during the week via Facebook and Twitter.
The National Migraine Centre
Email Rebecca Sterry (rebecca.sterry@nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk) for the Centre's latest Newsletter with up-to-date information and ideas for the week ahead!
Email Rebecca Sterry (rebecca.sterry@nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk) for the Centre's latest Newsletter with up-to-date information and ideas for the week ahead!
What are you going to be doing for Migraine Awareness Week? Why don't you start by reading and sharing 22 Things About Migraines You May Not Know.

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