outofideas
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Joined this forum a few days ago. Made a hello post within the introduction section.
So here's my background and story of why I am here.
Chronic headache and migraines weekly/monthly for over 15 years. 3 MRI's in the past to make sure there are no tumors, findings were no abnormal masses but found inflamed blood vessels. Daily tasks are extremely difficult including just getting out of bed. Have had to drastically make enviornmental changes to be able to function and lower amount of triggers for headaches and migraines such as installing black out curtains to limit amount of natural light, removing any fluorescent bulb lighting inside home, wearing sunglasses when visiting any fluorescent lit building such as grocery store. Wearing ear plugs at home while caring for my 4 children to dull out noise. With the constant stress and worry of triggering a migraine and not having pain relief it's a strain on all of my personal relationships and has lowered my quality of life. Suffer from fluctuating weight loss and gain; weight gain from being confined to bed unable to perform daily tasks including regular exercise; dramatic weight loss caused by loss of appetite due to pain because of inability to eat along with nausea. If pain is too severe sometimes it will cause me to be lightheaded and have temporary muscle weakness that eventually lead to a fall down 8 steps, xray showed no broken bones, MRI confirmed soft tissue damage with herniated disc also causing pinched nerves. Without pain relief will be unable to complete out patient physical therapy to avoid future surgeries.
*Loss of insurance and being unable to afford to purchase a healthcare plan, treatment costs far outweigh the cost of medicines needed to be able to properly function as a human being and take care of my family*
thanks for reading!
So here's my background and story of why I am here.
Chronic headache and migraines weekly/monthly for over 15 years. 3 MRI's in the past to make sure there are no tumors, findings were no abnormal masses but found inflamed blood vessels. Daily tasks are extremely difficult including just getting out of bed. Have had to drastically make enviornmental changes to be able to function and lower amount of triggers for headaches and migraines such as installing black out curtains to limit amount of natural light, removing any fluorescent bulb lighting inside home, wearing sunglasses when visiting any fluorescent lit building such as grocery store. Wearing ear plugs at home while caring for my 4 children to dull out noise. With the constant stress and worry of triggering a migraine and not having pain relief it's a strain on all of my personal relationships and has lowered my quality of life. Suffer from fluctuating weight loss and gain; weight gain from being confined to bed unable to perform daily tasks including regular exercise; dramatic weight loss caused by loss of appetite due to pain because of inability to eat along with nausea. If pain is too severe sometimes it will cause me to be lightheaded and have temporary muscle weakness that eventually lead to a fall down 8 steps, xray showed no broken bones, MRI confirmed soft tissue damage with herniated disc also causing pinched nerves. Without pain relief will be unable to complete out patient physical therapy to avoid future surgeries.
*Loss of insurance and being unable to afford to purchase a healthcare plan, treatment costs far outweigh the cost of medicines needed to be able to properly function as a human being and take care of my family*
thanks for reading!
