A cure for migraines?
This week, a friend of mine has been tormented with debilitating migraines. So aweful! Her struggle reminded me of Joe’s ordeal as a little boy, in about 5th grade. He had migraines so bad, that when they would hit, he would become sick and begin to vomit. Then, he would come home from school, and lay sick in bed under the covers all day and sometimes into the next, just suffering. It just broke my heart to see him like that.
We took Joe to the doctor a number of times, and he got some sort of prescription. Can’t remember exactly what it was, but it only took some of the edge off of the episodes. It didn’t cure him, or make them stop. They would just hit him hard, and knock him down again and again.
I heard that a chiropractor may be able to help. So one day when I got a call to pick him up from school with a migraine, I rushed him down to the chiropractor, who was fortunately just five minutes from the school. Joe was already really sick, and had been vomiting. Just miserable. He went into the office for about 30 minutes, and came out with a big grin on his face! Wow! I almost cried! He went home and slept for while, but had no more pain.
The chiropractor told me that most migraines are from a certain place in the neck that is out. Once that is fixed, and cold compresses were applied, and he was able to lie in the dark and rest, he was fine! The doctor told him that it may re-occur a few more times, and to come in at the onset, before he gets too sick.
The best news is, he only had two more very mild episodes, along with two more chiropractic treatments. And then he was cured for life. He’s never had anymore of those nasty things!
