ok, 43 years old, some days old, some days not. have had a I guess interesting life compared to some. Different any way, was born in Boston MA. Very few memories except being beaned by a snowball in the face by my brother and that I thought the cellar was haunted. Also remember the subway and the tunnels. I did move back there when I was 15, but that skipping ahead. Oh they said brief. normal childhood except for headaches. Since I was 4 migraines, tested for every thing under the sun, allergies, heart, what they did find is I have alot of pressure in my brain, caused probably by a viral infection. Have had dozens of surgeries to relieve the pressure, now they wont do it unless its life or death. My doc. said I would never walk or speak normally again, but i proved everyone wrong. But I am far from normal. have a sick sense of humor. Worked at the same company for 16 years, dont form too many attachments. Fear of abandonment I guess. Dont really care. Im ok on my own. Have some good friends, thats all I need ...currently looking for work in alot of diff. fields. I write as a hobby, not vocation.

Health & Fitness > Medical Issues (Other) Testimonies: Living with cluster headaches

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The subject of headaches is always of great interest to me, I have been suffering with headaches since I was approximately 4 years of age. I remember this very well. I would complain that my head hurt and was promptly told to lay down. Once I started school, I started missing class on a regular basis due to my increasing headaches. At first my parents thought it was because my mother also had headaches.

My mother started working and I finally got some insurance and at age ten was tested for every kind of allergy in the world, or at least to a ten year old. At that age not crying when I ...

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