Ramblings of Pain, Pecans, and Pretty Pink Houses
I don’t seem to write as often, so here is where things are now and it’s good to see you.
Author: venaalex
21 year old, recently disabled by chronic migraine. I studied architecture and interior design, before choosing to take time off to focus on understanding my migraines and finding a treatment option that is right for me.
A Year Long Kidney Stone and a Lesson on Hydration
A year long journey with a kidney stone, through medical gaslighting and a cross country move this is how my year really went.
Migraine World Summit Coverage 2025 – Part 4
My final coverage for days 7&8 of the Summit, offering inside looks into pain reprocessing therapy and biology of migraine, creating a management plan, and what treatments are in the research pipeline with my final thoughts on the summit as a whole
Migraine World Summit Coverage 2025 – Part 3
Coverage of Day’s 5 and 6 of the Summit looks at how older treatments have their place in modern treatment with acute, preventative, and layering strategies, explores psychedelics and touches on the experience of NDPH.
Migraine World Summit Coverage 2025 – Part 2
My coverage of the migraine world summit day’s 3 and 4 highlights in depth interviews covering preventing chronic migraine, the interplay of sinuses and allergies, sleep, and a new way to think about comorbid conditions. I also touch on rescue treatments and the brain fog interview.
My Life. My Migraine. 