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(Message started by: thomas on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:45pm)

Title: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by thomas on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:45pm

Unless you are already a subscriber to Men's Health, the article is pretty much a bust. Out of all of the information I gave the writer, they only chose to use one sentence. The rest of the CH info is the same tired old stuff we have all read. To say the least I am very disappointed and will be writing a letter to the magazine. I guess it's my fault for assuming some one was actually listening.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Jonny on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:49pm

F%^KING C#$K S&*KERS!!!!!!

Yes, I edited myself.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:49pm

Aw Thomas, I'm sorry to hear that. I know you gave it your all and you were looking forward to a great article.

I agree, you should write to the magazine and express your displeasure with their editing!

Carol

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Richr8 on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:56pm

Really disappointing news Thomas.

Sorry for all of us

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by pattik on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:05pm

>:( bummer!!!!

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Sean_C on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:05pm

I don't subscribe to mens health, but would be interested in reading your article if you'd post it here bro ;)

Cheers,

Sean...............................

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by chewy on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:08pm

Quote:

I guess it's my fault for assuming some one was actually listening.

No fault, no blame .

Keep the faith in the hope that the next guy WILL be listening.

Take em one at a time.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by thomas on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:11pm

on 10/24/06 at 21:05:31, Sean_C wrote:

I don't subscribe to mens health, but would be interested in reading your article if you'd post it here bro ;)

Cheers,

Sean...............................

You can read it while you're in the check out line at the grocery store, they literally used one sentence of my interview. I wasn't kidding.

To post it here, would take it out of context and make even look worse than it actually was.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Kevin_M on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:13pm

Well!!

Wait until I tell Renaldo to cancel his subscription at the salon! That's one magazine we won't be sharing pictures with in his chair anymore.

Without the journalism, it's panache lost it's luster.

[smiley=twocents.gif] ;)

Thanks, Thomas, for your efforts and work.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Turts on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:27pm

i work for the printing company that does the mens health mag in australia.
i was planning to keep on eye (the good one that stays open during a hit) out for it.

but now i wont bother.

was that one line

OUCH!!!!!!that hurts by any chance??

Turts
;;D

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Linda_Howell on Oct 24^th, 2006, 10:05pm

Besides writing to the magazine (letter to the editor) maybe we can identify it's parent Co. and other mags within this Co. and write letters to them as well, to express our complete disgust at the treament given to your interview and it's content. (or lack there-of)

While the other mag's may not print the letter, it may bring additional attention within the organization to get a review.

I know how many hours and how much 'heart' you put into this.

Linda

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Jimi on Oct 24^th, 2006, 10:16pm

Well that sucked. Was there any mention of ch.com or OUCH? Oh well Thomas. You did your part.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by thomas on Oct 24^th, 2006, 10:24pm

on 10/24/06 at 22:16:11, Jimi wrote:

Well that sucked. Was there any mention of ch.com or OUCH? Oh well Thomas. You did your part.

Not one word, but the writer told me it would be pretty hard to get that in there, as that would be like advertising, and you know how that goes........ ::) But I definately did try.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by BB on Oct 24^th, 2006, 10:53pm

>:( !

Thats upsetting !

I so hate it when peoples passion for a good cause gets shoved aside ...

Fuming !!

Annette

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Racer1_NC on Oct 24^th, 2006, 10:57pm

Link to the online version of the article: http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=health&category=other.diseases.ailments&conitem=94c9af1648c5e010VgnVCM20000012281eac____

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Gator on Oct 24^th, 2006, 11:50pm

An unofficial, personal response to the editors for a start:

Quote:

The segment on Cluster Headache in the article "Beat The Brain Pain" is weak to say the least. Not enough symptoms were listed for a person to get a true idea of whether or not they may have clusters. It also only listed abortive options without stating the true objective of treatment which is prevention. There are non-profit patient advocacy organizations which exist to help sufferers get the proper information on symptoms and treatment, such as the Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches (OUCH). If your magazine is truly interested in helping it's readers, why were none listed? In short, the way the article is written does more to make fun of headache than to draw attention to the true magnitude of the problem or to offer any serious help. I'm glad I am not a subscriber, because I would be canceling my subscription at this point.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by BB on Oct 25^th, 2006, 12:00am

Quote from the article :

" Bonus tip = avoid aromatherapy ?? "

What sort of crap is that ? >:(

Annette

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Gator on Oct 25^th, 2006, 12:54am

That's what I mean, BB. the article is 3 internet pags of crap.

Quote:

Silver lining: A study recently published in the journal Headache reveals that one by-product of having a superexcitable nervous system is a sex drive 20 percent higher than other men's.

Woo Hoo! I want Migraines! NOT.

The whole thing is so tongue in cheek you expect to see LOL, HAHAHA and ;;D after every third sentence. It's a joke and not much help to someone who suffers from any of the headaches mentioned, least of all clusters.

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by georgej on Oct 25^th, 2006, 1:06am

Haven't read Men's Health magazine before, but after looking at this flippant article, I'm pretty sure I won't read it again.

Sorry Thomas.

Best,

George

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Carl_D on Oct 25^th, 2006, 2:49am

>:( That bites bigtime!

I just sent in my letter to the editor:

Dear Men's Health,
I was excited to learn that your magazine was doing an article on Cluster Headaches. However, after seeing the article and how aenimic it was, I decided it was worthless and not worth my cash to buy a copy.
You really should do a COMPLETE ARTICLE on Cluster Headaches. Like it says in the article, more men suffer with it than women; therefore much much much more info should have been in the article such as symptoms, preventative treatments, triggers... there is a wealth of information out there that people need to know. Perhaps in the future you can rectify this by doing a full expose on Clusters.

Sincerely,
Carl Daniels

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by BarbaraD on Oct 25^th, 2006, 6:20am

Well, that was certainly a waste of five minutes reading time.... does this guy have any clue?????

What's the deal with aromatheraphy? It can trigger migraines (anything can), but not clusters. Eucalytus (msp) oil in a hot tub of water seemed to help me for a while. It smells good anyhow.

Sorry Thomas -- maybe next time...

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by thomas on Oct 25^th, 2006, 9:09am

on 10/25/06 at 02:49:07, Carl_D wrote:

there is a wealth of information out there that people need to know. Perhaps in the future you can rectify this by doing a full expose on Clusters.

Sincerely,
Carl Daniels

Yeah out of the 20 or so e-mails and the hour long phone call, they have all of that information. >:(

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by seasonalboomer on Oct 25^th, 2006, 9:23am

I get the magazine. someone gave the subscription to me as a gift. My expectations were low, as it always is when any consumer mag does something about clusters. Especially Mens Health - it is a high octane, snippet filled, latest health craze oriented, men's mag that is only a first cousin to a muscle magazine.

So, I was actually pleased that they got a couple of things in there that are of GREAT value. #1, that pure oxygen is an accepted and normal, and effective treatment. how many of us have dealt with doctors who have tried to argue that fact. Now, a magazine as stupid as Men's Health says you would be stupid not to know this....... That's a huge victory.

As for the aromatherapy remark, well, I would probably avoid aromatherapy during a cycle as many scents seem to be a trigger.

Thomas, you did your best dude. In my opinion, if some clusterhead that doesn't come here sees this and is able to convince their doctor to get them some damn oxygen they have previously not known about or been denied -- then the time you spent is worth every second. Kudo's to you for trying!!!!

Scott

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by floridian on Oct 25^th, 2006, 11:59am

Too bad they ended up doing a fluff piece ... broad, shallow. It is a definite letdown if we were expecting something detailed. Maybe thats all those type of publications will do ... what we think is essential is too detailed for the masses of people that skim their articles.

But I liked their list of 31 Ways to Make Your L

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by georgej on Oct 25^th, 2006, 12:24pm

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by rickyshot on Oct 25^th, 2006, 1:30pm

on 10/25/06 at 12:24:37, georgej wrote:

I guess it really bugs me to see recurrent headaches of any kind minimized--again.

Would a cheery, flippant article about Cystic Fibrosis or diabetes have passed muster with the editorial board?

Once again--"it's just a headache".

Best,
Well put I would like to see you write this quote to the editor.

But people keep in mind these type of magazines are mostly flippant and contain a lot of snippets in their articles about any condition. Most of these health magazines, and Prevention and muscle mags are like this. Personally I would like to see our condition talked about in 60 minutes or a feature article in Time or Newsweek with a good sidebar on busting.
George

Title: Re: Keep your money in your pocket.
Post by Charlie on Oct 25^th, 2006, 5:29pm

http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/reader.gif

Good work everybody. Think I'll not subscribe any time soon.

Charlie