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« on: Nov 24th, 2002, 8:10am » |
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Like everyone I dread going to bed my cycle is 1 hour sleep 1 hour pain usually 4 to 7 attacks per night.Being Canadian I love to have a beer but I have abstained as it is a major trigger when I`m not sleeping.Last night I gave in my son scored 2 goals against a very tough hockey team and I just had to celebrate. My sister in law suggested drinking Corona and I have to tell you I had 5 came home and slept like a baby.As I type this I have a shadow but I just wanted to share this with everyone.{ and no, I don`t work for Corona ha ha}
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #1 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 8:43am » |
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Hello again Canada Jim-Maybe you got lucky, I drink
only Corona with lime. But, I'm not able to even finish one when in cycle, HA graps me everytime.
Like you I'm A big Hockey fan, And grew with the Bruins
in the days of B. Orr , I visit ST. Catherins form time to
time and often see Stan Johnathan, At A friends home.
This is the six nations res. of the mohawks.
Hope the Corona continues to be kind to you. Wishing you Pain Free days and nights.
David
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #2 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 8:51am » |
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alcohol is a definate trigger here to, i drink draft beer & corona don't come in a 1/2 barrel  but i'll gladly buy a case if it works. Lemieux will be the oldest player in history to win the scoring title this year ;D ..........2late
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #3 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 9:50am » |
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Thanks for the good wishes and I also wish the same for every one. I was told not just corona but any light beer might work. and the big M is having a great season
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #4 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 10:03am » |
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2late- Mario is the king, And all take the back seat to
him, even Wayne the greatest, And I hate to say it put
ORR him self. Great Hockey town Pittsburgh has become.
Jim, I saw Brad Park on T.V. A few months ago, commenting on the assault charges issue, What A change. Guy Lafluer WOW! D. Sanderson would be serving life if he was still in the NHL. ;D
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...I drank heavily everyday...in and out of cycle...It did not start em and it sure didn't stop em.
Verapamil did stop them...months before I finally got sober.
Just my story.
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #6 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 10:12am » |
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that`s for sure imagine phillie with bobby clark? those days are over
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My guess is luck. Alcohol is the trigger, not what nit is mixed with.
If your episodic and in cycle I will personally guarantee an nattack 99.08 % of the time. You may be the .02% THIS time.
As for Den, he is the .02 % in all cases any way.
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Great math, Don, but what happens to the remaining 0.9% ? ;D
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #9 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 11:46am » |
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canadajim....Bradley drinks Miller 'lite' (wuss) and once his cycle started he would get hit within the hour....wether he had 1 or 10....or 20....or.....anyhow, he tired other beers, wine coolers....he found out he'd have 'several' attacks durein the nite if he drank at all 'while in cycle'......course he kept tryin....ouch...to bad it's not a cure...he'd of been drunk fer 6-7 weeks round the clock tho !!!....jus my two cents here of info.....
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #10 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 12:18pm » |
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To all I guess I jumped the gun and got excited about the first pain free night in a month we`ll see tonight.
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #11 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 2:16pm » |
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Episodic and when in cycle alcohol is an invitation to the beast to dance......... however, when out of cycle.... last night a couple of "George Killian's Irish Red's" , in a frosted mug, were quite good. ;D
Congrats on the pain free night now matter how it happened!
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #13 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 5:48pm » |
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LMAO Don!!
Jim, I thought I would try having a beer too. Had a Corona (my beer of choice...unless Moosehead is available) I hadn't drunk half the beer when I was hit..big time! Until I'm sure the bastard has moved on, I will not touch another beer. Makes for a very dry Christmas! Hope you have better luck than I!!
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #14 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 6:23pm » |
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When I was in cycle I could not go near Coors lite, would do me in everytime but I found that I could drink vodka and club soda but would have to drink alot of it and each time I did on the weekends I would be pf the whole night. If I only had a few then it didnt work. Who knows though, maybe I drank so much that I didnt remember the next day that I had an attack. 
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #15 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 6:50pm » |
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Bradley thought if he drank ALOT verses a few (and then git hit fer sure )... he thought he'd be ok esp when we went out.....he'd actually do alright while out but he'd get hit after he went to bed within the predicted hour....nothin worse then a drunk guy goin thru that hell......he'd sober up purdy fast tho.....he'd sorta scare me tho at first !!!!
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« Reply #16 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 8:36pm » |
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I am a big beer drinker myself and same thing.it's a big no.no when in a cycle.I havn't touched one and won't til cycle is over,but for those of you that don't know ,you can drink Vodka,it's not my choice of beverage but a couple screwdrivers or bloodymary's go down pretty good,,couple other drinks you can have to but don't remember what they are. Anyway ,just thought I'd throw that everybody's way who didn't that about Vodka.
And it is fact not fiction about Vodka. 
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #17 on: Nov 24th, 2002, 8:59pm » |
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I'm not a big drinker but when I had my CH, alcohol had no effect no matter how blotto I became. I have no idea why, Good luck kids.
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #19 on: Nov 25th, 2002, 8:32am » |
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Matt,
Just curious what the "fact" is about Vodka?
Vodka was my drink of choice. When in cycle it meant a full blown attack within 15 minutes. Any alcohol meant an attack and believe me, I tried them all (that's what alcoholics do).
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« Reply #20 on: Nov 25th, 2002, 10:40am » |
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I received a list from my doc. with lists of do's / don'ts and when it came to drinks it's not the alcohol that triggers it's a ingredeit in the drink
and Vodka doesn't have it. Not making a arguement just telling what I read and the Vodka works for me ,doesn't trigger the beast. But I don't get all loaded cause don't want to mix the Trex injections with a load of alcohol in me,sorry it doesn't work for you.. I'll get the list and paste it in, will take me a little time for I have to scan it in at my fathers on his computer.I can also just email it to you if you want.
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #21 on: Nov 25th, 2002, 11:30am » |
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Mat30...Hey if you don't post the do's and dont's could you email me a copy pleeeze ? We did alot of things wrong this past cycle....he was determin'd it was just sinus and didn't want to accept the CH's were back rite at first.....he was gobblin down the advils. asprin, and tylanol and doin the regualr over the counter sinus sprays.....he'd pound a few beers in the evening to relax which was all wrong to he foundout. Plus ta add to it all we had Chinese a few times and had heard that was bad !!! Thanx so much ...............
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Re: alcohol triggers
« Reply #22 on: Nov 25th, 2002, 11:35am » |
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I'll save you the effort. Here is the list of cluster triggers:
"Alcohol, nitroglycerine, exercise and elevated environmental temperature are recognised precipitants of acute cluster attacks."
With clusters, unlike migraines, it's the alcohol, not what's in it.
I suspect that your doctor, just like my neurologist, handed you the list of things to avoid for migraines.
Alcohol is a vasodialator. Just what you don't need when fighting clusters. That's why your face flushes when you drink. That's why long time drinkers have the red nose with the spider web blood vessels. That's why you shouldn't drink when you're cold. The vessels dialate and you lose body heat faster.
I suspect that the mechanism which keeps your blood vessels in check normally is whacko when in a cluster and unable to fight the vasodialating qualities of alcohol.
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« Reply #24 on: Nov 25th, 2002, 5:41pm » |
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Can someone clear this up for me? Please?
I assumed red wine was a trigger...it was pretty much a given that if I drank red wine, I would be hit.
But does all alchohol trigger them? Since I usually have one every night anyway...what the hell. The medical info on this sight said that if alchohol is going to trigger an attack, it would hit shortly after drinking.
Is alchohol still a trigger if it doesn't hit until 4 hrs. later?
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