syrinx

Interesting use of “aura” in this article. I always associated "auras" with something that precedes or lingers after the presence of something or an individual.

Here is a definition drawn off the web:

Define: Aura:
# a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
# an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
# air: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"

In the article you cited, it states “..recent studies suggest that migraine attacks may be associated with brain lesions identified on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), "

Could auras as defined above could be verified scientifically with MRI measurements?

Hi
just a thank you to you for posting this - really appreciate that you put this up.

It has been a long time coming for me to see the day that this is acknowledged - and understood as a disorder, and not an excuse for getting out of something you don't feel like doing.

As you know, I have always known and stated that migraine does damage. That statement apparently was further proof of my "crazy" way of dealing with it, instead of something to investigate further.

Told it was my imagination, or that I was going too far with this thing, I never for a second doubted myself.

Reminded that there is no evidence to support my claim I was supposed to just accept that as fact - and tell myself I was wrong.

I made a point of reminding myself that viruses existed long before electron microscopes found them. They did not just suddenly appear now that we had a device to see them. That radio waves were all around us long before there where radios. So just because they could not find the damage, or the evidence that migraine is as serious as I claimed, does not mean it didn't happen.

Took close to 30 years for me to be vindicated, but better late than never. What bothers me is that the people who stated I was wrong and that "the facts" show that it's just not possible to do damage, those people lived pretty good lives in contrast to people like me. They wrote books that are now useless, made appearances and got wealthy with their wrong advice. They influenced the masses with their "pop medicine" statements and probably got funding from drug companies to recommend pain killers.

They had - as my mother would say " a nice chunk of Real Estate built on lies".

My migraine brothers and sisters where stuck with our reality, and the bias toward us.

My brother once suggested I engage in a law suit (class action suit) against them for the pain that their words caused me. Sometimes, I actually think about.

People with migraine die from strokes, problems with medication and suicide. But I belive a lot of us died from the words of those people with the nice Real Estate.

I doubt any of them are reading this. Or the ex-spouses that could not live with the crazy made up headaches of their partners. They won't see this.

But they will see those news pieces that declare how wrong they were. I hope it affects them.