Guest guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 It has been two weeks since surgery, not experiencing any particular problems, still very sore right underneath my left ribcage. I have a history of migraine with aura since I was in my early 30's, get them very rarely now. However, yesterday I had one that put me back to bed zapped. I am not on any migraine meds since they are infrequent. My question to Notan or anyone: does the percentage of this group seem to suffer with more migraine compared to general population? Even as a child? Donna Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I don't know what the group looks like, but I consistently have migraines and had to be put on meds for that. Before having the esophagectomy my migraines were very bad. At one point I was missing work for them. But I always figured it had to do with not receiving the nutrition I needed. I still have them occasionally, but nothing like I did before. Sent from 's iPhone On Jan 26, 2011, at 8:26 AM, " Donna " <donna9513@...> wrote: > It has been two weeks since surgery, not experiencing any particular problems, still very sore right underneath my left ribcage. > > I have a history of migraine with aura since I was in my early 30's, get them very rarely now. However, yesterday I had one that put me back to bed zapped. I am not on any migraine meds since they are infrequent. > > My question to Notan or anyone: does the percentage of this group seem to suffer with more migraine compared to general population? Even as a child? > > Donna Hall > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hi Donna, I have been a migraine sufferer since I was a teenager. Didn't know what they were for along time. I would get the visual aura which was pretty terrifying in itself and then followed by bad headache which no amount of aspirin would alleviate. Back in the sixties there were no " migraine " formula pain relievers such as there are now. I didn't get them often, about one a year or so. I found out what was going on from my eye doctor and after that it seemed like I didn't get them as much and when I did the headache was not nearly as severe as it once was. Years went by and I wasn't getting any and then in the last several years they seem to have returned and in " clusters " i.e. I might get more than one visual aura a day or a couple of days in a row. Been reading up on them lately and while the consensus is that they seem to be harmless some say that there might be a minute amount of permanent loss of brain function if a person gets alot of them. The other by product of my migraine " condition " is that I get dizzy spells from time to time. This occurs without the other symptoms. Don't know if this contributed to my achalasia or not. Rick Giles From: Donna <donna9513@...> Subject: Migraine's achalasia Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 1:26 PM Â It has been two weeks since surgery, not experiencing any particular problems, still very sore right underneath my left ribcage. I have a history of migraine with aura since I was in my early 30's, get them very rarely now. However, yesterday I had one that put me back to bed zapped. I am not on any migraine meds since they are infrequent. My question to Notan or anyone: does the percentage of this group seem to suffer with more migraine compared to general population? Even as a child? Donna Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Donna wrote: > ... does the percentage of this group seem to suffer with more migraine compared to general population? I don't know if that has ever been considered. I don't see that there has been any research on a connection. One could speculate that the vagus nerve could provide a connection. There is some research on treating migraine with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). There are other nerves that seem to have better promise but there is some evidence that for some people with migraine that VNS helps. So, if VNS can help, maybe, but only maybe, achalasia can effect the vagus nerve to trigger migraines. Even if there was a connection found I doubt it would mean that either migraines or achalasia would be treated any differently. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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