i started last january @ the age of 50....................my dad also started @ 50, he is 74 & still gets a cycle a year, with a year skipping here & there.....................

Kirk wrote on Jan 30^th, 2009 at 4:19pm:

I'll be 62 in March.  Is there such a thing as episodic chronic? . . . or chronic episodic?  This is a weird beast.

I'm a head-trauma CHer and my attacks didn't start until I hit my head (about 3" above my right eyebrow) 1/01 . . . ha's started . . . no relief til my wife found this site 13 months later.

I still fit the definition of chronic as I understand it (never more than two weeks PF without meds), but mostly PF last few months.  Last year, they ramped up in frequency/intensity just before xmas and continued through May, then slacked-up.  The year before, they ramped before Thanksgiving and continued on a regular basis through at least April.

It's almost February and the "bad" cycle hasn't started yet . . . couple of small hits, but no "dancing".  I'm ready and looking at 12 full "E" tanks (just swapped an empty last night).

I avoid my triggers and kill what hits I do get with the 02.  Very grateful not getting multiple daily hits (at this time anyway).

Wondering if there's any info re early-onset CH and head-trauma CHers (I think I read 16-20%) and remission. 

Whatever the reason, I'm very grateful for this mostly PF time.

  Be Safe,   PFDANs

    Richard