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Let's get this straight
Mar 8^th, 2013 at 2:15am

The headache for 3 days to a week is a migraine. If you have a p##is and you swear you have a migraine, you should see a doc immediately. However if you have a Va##na and you THINK you suffer from clusters SEE a doctor. Clusters are the men's problem. The pain felt in that week period is what a cluster is 3 to 5 times a day for at least an hour at a time. From 1995 to 2006 I suffered, learned, and taught. Between a prednisone regiment, ativan, 02, hot showers with reverb, hot and cold packs, I didn't have to put a drill to the pain. As of 06 I have been free. I apologize for anything taken wrong.

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Re: Let's get this straight
Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2013 at 8:34am

Hey, thanks! But...how can I say this...you're wrong. There are no neat packages when it comes to CHs. And women do get them. Read the testimonies here and find out how a CH differs from a migraine, not as you describe but as we have experienced them. One thing, though...I tend to agree clusters come in clusters (hence the name) and are not continuous. That aside, I think your post is awkward at best. God bless. lance

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BobG CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 6422 St. George, UT Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #2 - Mar 9^th, 2013 at 5:43am Quote: Clusters are the men's problem. Huh? Ladies, do you want to take this one?
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #3 - Mar 9^th, 2013 at 9:13am Oh, my. So wrong on so many levels.
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Batch CH.com Alumnus Offline Control The Beast With O2 & D3 You Must Posts: 3708 Bremerton, WA Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #4 - Mar 9^th, 2013 at 9:26am Methinks Tony is on a fishing trip...
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Re: Let's get this straight
Reply #5 - Mar 9^th, 2013 at 10:57am

Yeah Batch possibly so, hey Tony, if you're for real, you kinda broke thru thin ice on this one! It's equally possible you posted during a hit which is always a crap shoot.

Stick around here for a period of time and with the exception of Linda, who just fakes CH, Grin

...(bring it little girl!!!) there are a LOT of women here who suffer from CH....and sadly enough a lot of MEN who suffer from migrains in addition to their CH! Welcome to our little community.

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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #6 - Mar 9^th, 2013 at 3:44pm PF wishes, Jeannie
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jess-MTL CH.com Junior Offline Episodic sufferer Posts: 59 x0\|Montreal\|Canada\|\|0\|0\| Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #7 - Mar 18^th, 2013 at 7:59pm BobG wrote on Mar 9^th, 2013 at 5:43am: Quote: Clusters are the men's problem. Huh? Ladies, do you want to take this one? What's the point? I will not have anything good to say...
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AussieBrian CH.com Hall of Famer Offline CH - It's all in your head! Posts: 3851 Cairns, Qld, Australia Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #8 - Mar 18^th, 2013 at 10:32pm "Cluster is a men's problem" is like saying menstruation is a women's problem. Lot of us blokes suffer badly from those cycles.
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jess-MTL CH.com Junior Offline Episodic sufferer Posts: 59 x0\|Montreal\|Canada\|\|0\|0\| Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #9 - Mar 19^th, 2013 at 7:27am AussieBrian wrote on Mar 18^th, 2013 at 10:32pm: "Cluster is a men's problem" is like saying menstruation is a women's problem. Lot of us blokes suffer badly from those cycles.
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saz CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 3	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #10 - Mar 27^th, 2013 at 12:27pm BobG wrote on Mar 9^th, 2013 at 5:43am: Quote: Clusters are the men's problem. Huh? Ladies, do you want to take this one? Are you having a F**king laugh!!!! I wish this was a mans problem, I wouldnt be having an episode now would I if it was a man problem....you Jerk!!!!
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Re: Let's get this straight
Reply #11 - Mar 27^th, 2013 at 11:19pm

I had to read your post twice to get what you were trying to say, I suppose its because I have a va###a, anyways I'm gonna let you slide on that assuming a doctor told you that and assuming you believe everything you hear. Although it is true more men have clusters then women. I agree my cluster ha's are far worse then any migrain I've ever had. Let me get this straight , you said you've been free sense 06, you meen free like "from prison" or you meen, pain free. And if so I was curious if it was from some kind of treatment that you tried ?

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Re: Let's get this straight
Reply #12 - Mar 31^st, 2013 at 11:19pm

BobG wrote on Mar 9^th, 2013 at 5:43am:

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Clusters are the men's problem.

Huh? Ladies, do you want to take this one?

May I? I just moved and switched neurologists to a man who told me the same thing. Took one look at me, saw I was female, and told me I must be having migraines because women don't get cluster headaches. This man did not even look at my medical record/previous diagnosis or ask me any questions before walking out the door and telling me to take some ibuprofen. Angry

It is true that men get more CHs than females. It's also true that that gap has been closing in recent years. This may have to do with the fact that doctors are learning more about them and properly diagnosing ALL people, both male and female... or not. We really don't know yet.

The thing is, we don't know a lot about cluster headaches, and what we do know has only been discovered fairly recently. Saying that CHs are a man's problem is like saying breast cancer is a females problem, or that males don't get migraines... it's simply outdated information, not to mention a bit narrow minded.

Even though it's quite possible that this user is trolling, it makes me sad that people (especially doctors!!) still do believe that cluster headaches only affect men. I don't know about you guys, but I'm all about moving forward and finding a cure for these damn things. We can't do that if we continue to preach and teach such outdated information.

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chrisw CH.com Old Timer Offline Posts: 315 x0\|turnersville\|NJ,USA Gender:	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #13 - Apr 7^th, 2013 at 9:55pm god, i wish he was right about a woman not having clusters, then i wouldnt have to dread sleep, and the horrible 2pm smackdown.
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SeasonalLady CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 6	Re: Let's get this straight Reply #14 - Apr 22^nd, 2013 at 10:57am Thanks for the clarification, Tony. I have had a few doctors tell me the same thing. One thing, though, can you tell my f*ing cluster episodes that? They must not realize that I am a woman. I have tried to tell them that they have the wrong person and that I have a vina, but they just won't listen.
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Re: Let's get this straight
Reply #15 - Apr 24^th, 2013 at 11:44am

Tony is so ill-informed it's not funny. I am a woman, and it is because of this ridiculous prejudice that "only men" get clusters that mine were misdiagnosed for so long. Yet when I showed up in the ER with a swollen red eye, nose running like a faucet, face partially slumped, screaming in pain, the young doc on board wasn't a sexist and looked up what was happening. Sent me to a neuro the next day, who also wasn't a sexist. I guess that it's not possible I have degrees in geology (a man's world, too), and law (mostly men in my class). Wonder how I poppd out that 10-pound baby 18 years ago if I'm not a woman? Amaazing.

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