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Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs?
Reply #25 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 4:24pm

painfulnoodle wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 4:14pm:

You guys are giving me hope!

Maybe this is the beast's last hoorah kicking my ass before it moves on to someone younger and more able to deal with it!

Grin

Red

I swear we CH'ers are the biggest optimists on the planet! Coincidentally, I just finished my LAST ever cycle! Grin

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painfulnoodle CH.com Junior Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 66 Dayton, TN Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #26 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 4:32pm Cool ... does that mean we can go drink and party now?? I'm in! Red
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Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs?
Reply #27 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 10:31am

Hope I'm the exception to the rule, but after 45 years of Migraines, I was diagnosed with CH in April at age 56. My frist cycle lasted 5 weeks and I was able to bust it with RC Seeds. Now am between cycles praying that I'm one of the rare ones that never has another cycle. By the way from one who has had both, I would take my migraines back tomorrow to avoid the next CH cycle.

I do believe that state of mind is crucial for beating the beast and am confident every time I suck on that O2 that is is going to abort my HA, and every time I've used other natural cures, that they will keep the next cycle at bay.

Funny, this young man got us all riled up and hasn't been back since, but good discussion.

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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #28 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 8:55am BTW - the down side to the longer remissions was longer cycles. Normal for me in my younger years was a 4 to 6 week cycle. The last cycle I had lasted 5 months. That sucked!
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QnHeartMM CH.com Sponsor Offline I AM a Phoenix! Posts: 1783 San Diego, CA Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #29 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 12:12pm Bob that's what Joe's last 2 cycles have been like. Just lasted for ever and were harder to manage. We're hoping that means he's in for a long remission too. And by remission I mean forever!
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Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs?
Reply #30 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 2:22pm

Forever - like never - is an awfully long time. Who knows? A cure could be just around the corner. A simple operation or an as yet unknown drug could provide the answer. It's hard to imagine that some form of mental gymnastics could provide the "cure" but the optimist in me has to believe that at some point medical science will come up with a way to remove whatever it is that causes these things or find a drug, like insulin for diabetics, that will allow sufferers to lead pain-free lives.

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Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs?
Reply #31 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 8:05am

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Bob that's what Joe's last 2 cycles have been like. Just lasted for ever and were harder to manage. We're hoping that means he's in for a long remission too. And by remission I mean forever!

Since the first time I met Joe I've noticed how similar our CH stories are. It wouldn't suprise me at all to see him go into long/permanent remission like I have.

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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #32 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 8:35am Oh to say that would make me happy...yeah...major understatement!!! Joe
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #33 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 8:50am Yeah Marc....there's always a price to be paid! Joe
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bonkers CH.com Old Timer Offline What is THIS? Posts: 308 San Diego, California Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #34 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 3:49pm Hi Joe, Retirement's the first step towards getting "really old." You'll be there in no time, lol. Ron
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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #35 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 4:43pm Yes Bob......our 3 cycles have been pretty identical. My last 2 cycles had stretched to 6 mos with 3 years in between and now pf for 10 years. Plus all 3 of us are retired so I guess that DOES make us old but the pf time is really nice.
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs? Reply #36 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 8:28am Jimi & Joe, I'm in good company. Hey Marc - we finally have sunshine and it's been 80 degrees here the past 2 days. I've got a 6:37am tee time at MB tomorrow, the drizzle and fog will probably be back by then.
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Re: Has anyone ever completley overcame CHs?
Reply #37 - Aug 25^th, 2010 at 10:22am

Guiseppi wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 10:11am:

Actually it's been discussed a couple of times, how the less you "fight against it" the less intense the pain is perceived. More impotantly for me, the less I fight against it, the less secondary damage I seem to do to my shoulders, neck and head! I'm one who strongly agrees a postitive attitude is critical in dealing with CH!

Joe

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