Migraine Headaches - Where am I Now?

That's me. Smiling! Something I haven't done near enough of us over the past 40 years. Now, I definitely have something to smile about and I praise our God every day for it!

Where am I now? How am I doing now? Much, much better. Yesterday I had my first serious headache (and it wasn't as serious as they have been) in 20 days. For me, that is a huge step forward. I feel like I have control of my life for the first time. I feel like I can do things, plan activities and have fun without the constant fear of a headache. It's a great feeling.

Another thing that has started happening recently. If you look at my picture you can tell that I'm pretty slim. That's not because I don't eat enough. I am a hearty eater and I do enjoy my food. All of my life though I have not been able to gain weight. When I would use the Body Mass Index calculation I would show up an anorexic. Starting about three months ago I started to gain some weight. In fact, I have gained 9 pounds. That moves me to the underweight category. Better than anorexic!

I know that most people I talk to credit my weight gain to the Total Gym exercise program that I am on. After all, muscle weighs more than fat. In response, I say, partially partially. In the first place, I sure didn't have a lot of fat on me. The other fact is that before the year 2008, when I had headaches so often there would be periods of day or two nearly every week when I would just about not eat a thing. It's hard to gain any weight that way.

To summarize, at 48 years old I feel better than I ever have. I just do not agree with the nay-sayers who do not believe in the benefits of nutritional products. Realizing that of all the M.D.s and neurologists that I went to over the years it took a naturopathic physician who works out of a small office in Hickory, NC to point me in the right direction makes a person very inquisitive. Please don't get me wrong, there are many areas where physicians are extremely beneficial. But I think there are some areas where they put too much emphasis in the wrong areas and dismiss some of the simple facts. A balanced approach is needed.

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Tomorrow, I want to wrap this series up by summarizing the steps I took to gain natural headache relief.

Have a great day, here's hoping you are feeling outstanding.