Posted by Jim K on December 16, 1998 at 12:37:56:
In Reply to: They're BACK! posted by Jim on December 14, 1998 at 19:02:17:
Just an update to my background since this has turned
into a lifestyle issue.
I started getting clusters at about age 7 after a bout
with spinal menengitis (another correlation) and
suffered with these "sinus attaks" (thanks doc!) regularly - twice a year
during fall/spring. In my teens and up until very recently
I was a heavy smoker and drinker (abstaining during cluster
periods - I figured that out myself). Then, at about age
25 they disappeared - only really had two clusters for the
next five years and they were reletively mild (two or three HAs
each time). I thought I was growing out of them or had cured
my "sinus problem". Anyway, I recently quit smoking and drinking
(my wife is pregnant w/ our 2nd) in late October. They started
again the week before Thanksgiving and have been going strong since!
Well there it is. The more research I do on this subject the more
the lifestyle/personality similarities I find I have with other CH
suffers.
JK