Disabilites... got any?

[judy]

I've been so blessed, Thank God. The only time I was ever hospitalized was to have a baby, and I'm 60 years old.

I do have cluster headaches, which tried to destroy about 20 years of my life, but
after I hit my 50's, the pain really subsided. They also came out with a new med, Imitrex injections, which made it liveable, about 15 years ago. They were known to cause the highest level of pain known to medicine at one point, and were known as "suicide" headaches because some patients were known to commit suicide rather than live with them.

They're really strange, the cause is unknown, are a male dominated disease, and are thought to be somehow neurological. I began to get them about a month ago, but have learned to start with lowering my blood pressure before they really kick in - well, it worked, and now I'm beginning to cut back on the blood pressure meds.
I bypassed the doctor because she would have put me on all kinds of meds.

I also have scoliosis which is just now causing neck pain. I have the greatest chiropractor, and, because of her, have very little discomfort.

My daughter, on the other hand, as most you know, has MS. I understand that she has been doing really well for the past couple of years. She and I are estranged, which is the only really bad thing in my life at this point..

The rest, health included, is really really good.