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#migraines

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Richard

Up at 2 am with a #migraine that won't go away. When I last saw my family doctor she tried to help. Both of my biological grandfathers died of a brain tumor. I can't afford to get checked or treated for migraines or see if they are caused by a tumor. My doctor ordered a MRI, but after insurance I would still owe $800, which I obviously can't afford so that is that. She also prescribed me meds specifically for migraines but my #insurance wouldn't cover it because it was $2300 a month, if you can believe it. I still set an appointment with a #neurologist. The first appointment will only be $45 after insurance so I will at least get to see what he says, but believe or not I cannot get into to see him until July. After that whatever attempts he makes to get me checked I will likely not afford because my insurance will not cover his attempts to narrow down that is causing the #migraines that have been consistent for years now. But it will be good to get a specialist's opinion. It's just wild how impossible it is to get treatment of something I might die from.

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Maggie Maybe

I have to celebrate a small win for my sensory sensitive disabled self.

It’s taken me four years but I believe I have finally won the battle with Concord Hospital over the abusive level of the hold music the call center uses.

It would give me #PEM every time I had to call my doctor. And if I send a message through the portal it takes three days for them to get back to me so that’s not always practical.

They didn’t care when I complained that it hurt because of #MECFS, they didn’t care when I asked them how #autistic people who have more sensory issues than I do even call their doctor, they didn’t care when I told them that everyone on their staff in the clinical locations hates the call center as much as I do, but they did care when I accused them of trying to trigger #migraines so that they can admit me and bill #Medicare $25,000.

But you know what actually did it? I found out there was a civil rights division at Concord Hospital and I complained to them instead of patient relations. When I started talking about the rehabilitation act of 1974 (or 1973 idk) patient relations didn’t care, but the civil rights department did.

And I’m still dying to know who owns that call center because it’s the same call center used by NH #DHHS if you have to call the welfare office. So I suspect it’s someone related to Chris Sununu and they’re locked into some awful contract. The food stamp workers hate the call center too. I’ve been talking to people about this for four years.
I finally won. It’s been a good week for me here in New Hampshire.

#CivilRights#PatientCare#SensoryIssues
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

First of Its Kind Study Lists #Health Benefits of Drinking More #Water Each Day
The most significant benefits associated with drinking more water were reducing the risk of #kidneystones and assisting in #weightloss. Individual studies also showed more water was linked to preventing #migraines and urinary tract infections, and controlling #diabetes and low #bloodpressure.
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ScienceAlert · First of Its Kind Study Lists Health Benefits of Drinking More Water Each DayWe all know that staying hydrated is good for human health – but a new study goes into more specific detail about all the various benefits that come along with drinking plenty of water, and you might not be aware of just how many there are.
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AnneTheWriter

@dustcircle

My undiagnosed vitamin D deficiency caused me to have #migraines for years. If only I had known that taking a simple vitamin would have stopped them! It's amazing what can go wrong with our bodies without us realizing it. (For anyone else with migraines, it took me about three months of taking supplements before the migraines went away completely. Whenever I've left off the vitamins for a short while, they've come back.)

In my case, I'm very lactose-intolerant in an American cheese-loving and milk-loving culture, and I don't like dark green vegetables much, so I can guess why mine happened. I also have #PCOS, which would have added to it.

But I do think our society's tendency towards being indoors on computers or in front of TVs all the time is not helping with everyone's health.

#ChronicMigraines#VitaminDeficiencies#VitaminD
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Danette 🐬

So after I changed jobs I went on They weren’t bad at that time. I paid $50 a month and had a $15 copay- way lower than prev. I could see a specialist who worked magic on my migraines.
Today: UHC plan is way more expensive & they no longer covering everything. My dr has prescribed multiple medications that UHC has denied. The pharmacy works to find some workaround- they get my financials & see if I qualify. I survive no thanks to insurance companies

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Danette 🐬

Some of my friends here know I have When I was w/ Kaiser they didn’t have neurologists to treat my migraines- they tried 3 different blood pressure medications & then it was 🤷🏼‍♀️ we don’t know what your going to do. No denial of coverage just - that’s it. So sad. Take pain relief meds.
Which I did.
And then one day when I was getting my sumatriptan refilled, I overheard the pharmacist yell over the counter, “another refill? My god. She can’t take this much of this medication.”
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