Welcome back and give the little one a hug for me. Congrats and all that....

As to your question about passing on CH... so far nothing has shown that it's heriterity (sp). There are a couple of families here that have it, but they're few and far between. My family has a history of migraines (as do some others) but even that isn't conclusive to CH.

Have you got O2. In the past few years there's been a lot of "improvements" made in that area. High flow rates (15-25 liters per minute) with a Non-Rebreater mask (or the Opt2tic mask from the Ch.com store on the left - the BEST) have proven to work better than anything to abort (for over 70% of us).

I take Melatonin (12-15mg) at night before bed to stop night-time hits (and it works REALLY well for me and a lot of others - not everyone, but a lot).

Anyhow, talk to your doc about the O2 (with your heart you have to be careful with aborts and the O2 is safe).

Welcome back.

Hugs BD

And I as well hope that Lawrence comes back.  I don't hold any grudges against him or anyone else that has the same feelings.  He was very passionate about his opinion and stood by it.  That's the nice thing about living in a free country, you can voice your opinion and others can voice theirs.   

This site serves a purpose for all that come here.  Even for those of us that just stop by once in a blue moon.

Two people on this board (that I know of) have offspring that suffer as well. They can identify themselves if they choose.

Interesting thread to say the least.  I've suffered from CH's for about 20 years now and have been coming here on and off for what seems like eight years or so.  Yes, I'm episodic and yes I come here on and off but I thought I'd throw in my $0.02 since this thing got derailed from the initial post.

1.  Whether chronic or episodic, CH's suck both for those of us who suffer with it and our families.
2.  Since CH is often mis or undiagnosed, I think many people (including yours truly) initially came here to try to make sense of the nuclear pinging behind the eye.  As humans, it's my experience that we seek to understand things that don't easily make sense like CH
3.  I have posted both in and out of cycle.  I will say that if I was ever to be chronic I would most likely spend a lot more time here.  But, when I'm PF, I don't come around as much as I'm too busy enjoying that PF time.  Not that I don't enjoy being here but you get the point.
4.  I don't see a lot of sense criticizing people who choose not to hang out here day-in and day-out any more than there's any point in criticizing people who are here all the time.  I think we are all old enough to figure out where we want to spend our time and how much time we want to spent there.

For one, I have ALWAYS found this site to be an oasis in an otherwise barren wasteland of information on CH.  I have used the information here when working with my Neuro and it's been beyond helpful.  Along the way, I hope I've been helpful to a few as well with tips, tricks, thoughts, support, etc. 

I see that I'm rambling so I'll end the rant.  This site and it's members are very important to every member of this community - let's not get all pissy about how often someone comes here or not.

PFDAN to all.

Out.

Marc, I understand why you never visit in between.  Denial.  4 years ago I visited the site for info.  2 years ago I read the message board for moral support.  I applaud those of you who can help others while PF.  I just like to pretend life is OK (with the ever present fear).