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Title: Occupations & CH's Post by Connie on Oct 15th, 2004, 8:03pm I seem to have become obsessed with CH. Reading and researching and always looking for that something. Just wondering is there maybe a link between occupations and CH. Not sure if there have been studies on this, but I have not found any. My hubby is a police officer. Just looking for anything. Connie |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Mr. Happy on Oct 15th, 2004, 8:21pm No real use looking.......the possibilities are endless.....but it's fun, none the less. Proper treatment is our best shot. The cure will come from the Human Genome project 20 or 30 yrs from now, or some schmuck will find the answer (by mistake) trying to create the perfect rolling paper next month. Go with the flow, RJ |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Kris_in_SJ on Oct 15th, 2004, 8:55pm Actually Connie, I think it's an interesting thread subject. Probably nothing will come of it, but maybe we'll all learn a little bit more about each other. In my life, I have been many things. First, an emergency room nurse (14 yrs) - burn out! Then got my business degree and became the executive director of a nonprofit org. (10 yrs) - burn out! I now work for myself doing marketing communications and graphic design work. Set my own hours and have only 1 employee - me! Still stressful, but a different kind of stress. Still having cluster HA's. Does the occupation matter? Probably not, but it's fun to speculate! Hugs, Kris |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Tom K on Oct 15th, 2004, 9:27pm Worked in printing/bindery for 12 years, burnt, went back to school, changed majors 4 times, went to culinary school, have been doing that for 9 years...not burnt, yet. Always wanted to be a cop...does that count? ;;D Maybe a quick boredom, is a more common trait. T |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by cschick on Oct 15th, 2004, 10:47pm CSR for health insurance company, have been CSR since getting out of High School 11 years ago. Starting nursing school in the spring. Oh yeah and a Mom. That counts as a job, right? :D |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by thebbz on Oct 15th, 2004, 10:55pm I read somewhere ,can't recall presently, most are professional technical professions. Am I close here. BB |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by alleyoop on Oct 16th, 2004, 12:46am I was diagnosed chronic at age 50(the only other time I remember having these things was about age 12-14). I had just taken a job working with explosives. I used to blame it on the ammonium nitrate. I know better now. Actually, I think Tom K may have been on to something when he said, "Maybe a quick boredom is a more common trait." .................alley |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by don on Oct 16th, 2004, 7:25am Crash Test Dummy |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by taraann on Oct 16th, 2004, 7:46am I've been a McDonalds Cashier, Grocery Cashier, Telemarketer, Machinest, Daycare Teacher, and now Private Nurse. Thinking about taking some Machining classes soon and getting back into that also thinking about photography. The different things I've done for work are just so different from eachother! Oh can't forget mommy of 2. I don't think career choices have anything to do with CH but I agree with Kris, it's neat to hear what everyone does. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Renee on Oct 16th, 2004, 8:01am On the weekends my horses think I'm a professional poop scooper. During the week my dog thinks I exist to transport her back and forth to work. Actually I started at McDonald's way back when, worked thru school, Master's degree and now celebrating 20th anniversary as founder of national corporation. I suppose the burn out theory fails for me. [smiley=huh.gif] |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by yikes_another_one on Oct 16th, 2004, 8:39am Lets see, dog sitter, babysitter, cashier, office temp, carnival game shows, Day Care teacher... i even helped for 3 years to sell Irish dance shoes.... at Rutherford Products. Boredom, or just "tired or being a doormat" you guys choose....lol i still think head injury and accidental electric shocks are our best targets....besides allergies and a as-yet-undiscovered form of epilepsy.... |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by EmpressJMB on Oct 16th, 2004, 8:45am Started in Restaurants, got degree, 10 years of people yelling at me at Blue Cross and Blue Shield (senior customer service rep for 10 years). Burnt out on that. Now I work at my friends restaurant/bar...office manager, bartender, pie maker. Oh yea! The most important and difficult job I've ever had... A MOM! J. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by alleyoop on Oct 16th, 2004, 9:31am on 10/16/04 at 07:25:12, don wrote:
That reminds me: Why did Mercedes build a plant in Tuscaloosa, AL? Because they had such an abundance of Crash Test Dummies! Don't flame me for dumping on Alabama. I was born in Tuscaloosa. Take from that what you want. .................alley ;;D |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Biker on Oct 16th, 2004, 9:39am Carpenter. Worked on everything from high-rises to tunnels. Currently working residential repairs. Cannot seem to hold a real job----the CH attacks, and the foreman or shop stewart has me replaced. Cannot afford to have a disabled worker on the payroll. Great loss of pay, but plinking around folks houses keeps the wolves away from the door. Also build motorcycles, and repair them. Makes for extra income when Im able to preform. Never had CH till I ran a motorcycle off the road and hit my head pretty hard. Been suffering every since. Saw 3 neruos while I had insurance, and they were all in agreement with Cluster Headaches. Had 2 MRI's. Well, at least I survived the crash. I keep getting the reminders of what its like to have too much fun. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by E-Double on Oct 16th, 2004, 10:02am I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst & a Special Education Teacher. I develop, supervise and teach in home programs in Early Intervention, teaching newly diagnosed children with Pervasive Developmental Diasbilities such as Autism. I also consult and lecture. My youngest student/client is 15 months old. I think as far as professions go we CH.com are just a microcosm of society, spanning the whole job market. Eric |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by tracey on Oct 16th, 2004, 10:28am That is an interesting thought, when my headaches started getting really bad I asked the Neurologist if they could be linked with stress. I work as a Senior Ward Manager in an acute environment, the headaches only started getting really bad about 5 months into post. But still doing job.... Headaches are not appearing to be consistent with any stress levels as these headaches are different and far nicer to tolerate, couple of paracetamol kinda job..... Good thought though..... |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Racer1_NC on Oct 16th, 2004, 11:48am on 10/16/04 at 08:39:08, yikes_another_one wrote:
These are my personal beliefs as well..........particularly the first and the last on your list. As for work, I wear many hats there. I doubt any of them has a thing to do with CH. Bill |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by vig on Oct 16th, 2004, 1:46pm slacker. [smiley=laugh.gif] and computer geek |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Jonny on Oct 16th, 2004, 2:56pm If hitting your head caused clusters, 9 out of 10 people alive would have CH, last I checked there was only a few of us on this planet that have CH .................................jonny |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Racer1_NC on Oct 16th, 2004, 3:43pm Jonny....... Guess I should restate that.......I think a severe concussion or similar severe head trauma could possibly set CH in motion in those predisposed to have CH. Can I back it up? Nope. Just a feeling. Bill |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by cschick on Oct 16th, 2004, 9:01pm I have to say I wonder about the head injury theory. I would have headaches when I was in my teens but not CHs. I had a very bad car accident when I was 21 and sustained a skull fracture in the exact spot I get the CHs which now that I am thinking back on it, started when I was pregnant with my son which was less than a year after the accident. I think there HAS to be some sort of commonality amongst all of us, figuring out what that is, however, is another story. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Connie on Oct 16th, 2004, 10:46pm Well there goes another one of my theories, but the responses were interesting to read. I feel like there has to be something that everyone has in common, or maybe I am just desparate for answers. I keep looking over my hubby's journal for the past 10 years trying to find something but even his cycles don't show much of a consistency. Oh well, my search goes on.......... |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Biker on Oct 17th, 2004, 7:33am My CH tends to center behind where I cracked my skull. Ya know, that injury didnt hurt nearly as much as CH. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Chillrmn1 on Oct 17th, 2004, 9:10am Used to overhaul air conditioning chillers prior to onset of cluster headaches. Exposed to vast quantities of refrigerants such as R-11, R-12, & R-22. Only other individual I personally knew with clusters was also an A/C mechanic. Coincidence? |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by godsjoy777 on Oct 17th, 2004, 10:41am Hmmmm......First the thread question......After the waitress jobs in college stuff.....I worked in high stress sales and worked my way up into ownership of company....major stress.....lost everything....major stress. I regrouped and started another outside sales job....really only had what I would call sinus headaches and stress headaches up to that time (except for once....as a child of about 12 I got sun poisoning and got hit terribly with what I can see now was a cluster.....I paced and paced the floor....crying.....holding my head....If I stopped paceing I was sure my head would just explode!!!!) After sales....I went to Bible school and started a small cleaning business and homeschooled my daughter....a different kind of stress...Now I work as an office manager in a Dental office.....Lots of multitasking which makes it hard when I am a bit forgetful.....I think from the Zonegran....But overall I do my job well and the Dentist is understanding during the cluster season..... NOW.....About the attacks.....Besides my childhood episode.....These last 14 years of clusters all began one day......it was 100 degree heat and I was in it most of the day being very active....and I got very sick that evening and the clusters began....night after night after night.....ALSO.....I had recently had some endodomtic surgery done where they go up underneath the gum flap and try to do some repairing and left a glob of some sort of alloy material underneath my gum....They probably would use something different if they were to do it again today.........ALSO.......About a year before that I had been diagnosed with Graves disease and had my Thyroid killed with Radioactive Iodine.....and had to get on thyroid medication.......I've seen all of these things discussed on this site in relationship to clusters....HMMMMMMMMMMM......OK.....Sorry I've been soooooooooo talkative.....just haven't been here for awhile. Blessings, Karen |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Jonny on Oct 17th, 2004, 10:52am Your all nuts.....you were born with a fucked up brain....get it? No more, no less. Banging your head or what you do for a living has nothing to do with what you were born with. Ask Goadsby.... ...........................jonny |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by notseinfeld on Oct 17th, 2004, 11:24am Ditto John's statement. A wrenched hypothalamus is the bane of all our existences. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Chillrmn1 on Oct 18th, 2004, 12:31am Yep, Gotta agree with the last two replies. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Mr. Happy on Oct 18th, 2004, 12:43am on 10/17/04 at 10:52:38, Jonny wrote:
I hate it when I agree with him. Really. You people drive me crazy. All of you, RJ |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by athos on Oct 18th, 2004, 5:38am There are many triggers... Many have some that are the same, and some are completely different. The thing that is the same with all of is that it hurts. There have been in other threads talks about there seem to be a lot of CH'rs that are high/over achievers... This sounds cool, but I am not sure that there is any vaildity in that.... --Ken |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by sandie99 on Oct 18th, 2004, 9:29am Hi there! When I was first diagnosed, I became obsessed about CH, too! ;;D I cannot tell you how much the occupation matters, but I am a media student, which means that I spend a lot of my time staring at computer screens while working on a story and reading books. So lots of stress to my head! ;;D As far as I have heard none of the neuros I have met (4 so far) have made any links with CH and occupation. But I sure would like to hear if there has been made some research about the matter! Best wishes, sandie99 |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Oct 18th, 2004, 10:06am Grocery Stocker Dish washer/prep cook Musical Instrument repairs/Guitar-Drum teacher Construction Worker Computer Programmer Computer Hardware Specialist Future Millionare I don't think any of them have anything to do with my screaming head. I tend to agree with jonny's statement about the fucked up brain. Possibly even head trauma at a young age although there are some here who will tell you that they have never had any head trauma. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by DerbyDemon on Oct 18th, 2004, 10:59am Did someone say they are still trying to create the perfect papers? |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Bob P on Oct 18th, 2004, 11:10am The good old OUCH Library: http://www.clusterheadaches.org/library/general/lifestyle.htm Quote:
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by whitestone on Oct 18th, 2004, 11:28am The over-acheiver idea is interesting. I am one of those people who love stress. When in college, I had 5 majors, was involved in numerous extra-curricular activities, and I worked... Now, I work full time as an office/warehouse manager, I direct and write musicals, and am a father, full-time. It's like I can't be abusive enough to myself w/ stuff to do... interesting... |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Guido on Oct 18th, 2004, 1:14pm How about study of personality types. I am an A type. |
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Title: Re: Occupations & CH's Post by Ronny on Oct 18th, 2004, 3:29pm I've only had one job: Fixing cars in my fathers garage, every day of the last 24 years,10 hours a day. And i still love it. |
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