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(Message started by: rcw134 on Feb 18^th, 2005, 9:37am)

Title: disabilty
Post by rcw134 on Feb 18^th, 2005, 9:37am

Greetings to all - my headaches started in 1976. There was a time when I would have a year or two break and then the headaches would start again.

Sice July 2004, I have had daily headaches. I was diagnosed as having both cluster and migraine headaches. In 1997 I spent 10 days at the diamond headache center, in the clumbus hospital.

to date I have been having mostly clusters 2 tiems a day and some migrains mixed in. Last night I had a hell of a migrain - finally got to bed about 10pm.

I woke up this morning at 4:30am with a cluster. I've exhausted everything out there and nothing will touch my headaches. Right now I am taking it a day at a time. I'm a retired Deputy Sheriff with 27 years of service. The last 7 in the detective bureau. assigned to the sensitive crimes unit, mostly child abuse cases.

I am applying for social security disability and would like some feed back from any one that may have had success in getting disability.

Presently all I can do is deal with the pain with percodan, maxalt, and midrin. I've tired all meds that I and my Dr are aware of.

It's not "will" I get a headache today, but a question of when and how many.

my e-mail is: rcw134@charter.net.

Title: Re: disabilty
Post by guesst on Feb 18^th, 2005, 10:59am

Have you tried oxygen?

Title: Re: disabilty
Post by Edu_Martins on Feb 18^th, 2005, 11:57am

Sorry to see you here. (they said it to me too ;;D )

Have you tried sumatriptain? It works with most of people here.

You will find here lots of informations about CH. Hope you find anyfing you need here, like im finding.

Title: Re: disabilty
Post by don on Feb 18^th, 2005, 2:23pm

Mind if I ask your age?