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nerve sensitization

20
Jul
Black and white photo of a single coffee cup on a dark reflective table, soft daylight from blown-out windows behind it in a dim room. Migraine Unread original.

Migraine: My Uninvited Guest

The tiny migraine symptoms no one else notices, and how I move through an ordinary day anyway. A real-time read of my body, from the morning audit to a loud lunch and back again.
7 min read
10
Jul
Black and white photo of blurry chair with headphones on the bac. Migraine Unread original.

They Cut Into My Eardrum While I Was Awake. Nobody Ever Asked What That Did to My Brain.

Chronic ear infections. Three surgeries. A tympanic membrane cut open while I was conscious and screaming at 10 years old. Decades later I am asking the questions nobody ever thought to ask and the answers keep connecting back to migraine.
5 min read