I got my first migraine when I was in sixth grade. I didn't know what it was. I got a spot in my vision and at that time, when the spot went away, I got a terrible headache. My Mom told me what was happening to me. She had migraines before me. At that time I got about one a year.
The migraines increased in amount and in intensity, in my twenties. I started getting them about one a month when I was pregnant with my first three kids. The pain was worse and not only did I get a spot in my vision and the headache that came after, but in between, I got a numbness in my face and hands, and I also got very confused. The new symptom scared me, so I saw a doctor. The doctor basically said that there was nothing she could do. That was the early 80s
By the time I was 30, I was getting a migraine a week. They cut into my work and made my life miserable. I did find that caffeine helped a bit, but they would still put me in bed for a whole day.
August of 1992, my husband, Mark, and I were in the middle of painting a banner, when I got the telling, spot. I knew what was going to follow, and of course it did. I got the numbness, and the confusion and then the very painful, headache. I asked Mark to, "Please pray for me!" I had faith that the prayer would help, it had before, but this time Mark got his Mom to pray, also. Marks Mom, Mary is a strong Christian, I just knew her prayers would get rid of the pain that day. The real miracle was that their prayers not only got rid of the pain, but I haven't had a migraine for 19 years, Thank God!
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