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I had also discussed problem with my cardiologist and surgeon years ago and both had never heard of this. As far as mri is concerned, migraines are statistically more common with gliosis but no evidence that gliosis causes migraines or vice versa. Same thing with normal variant seen on my eeg...

To briefly repeat my story. Migraines since adolesence. Rare. About age 35 no longer got headache. Just the aura, with visual distrbance and occasionally numbenss of one side of face and fingers of one hand (ocular migraine} Still rare, maybe every three or four months and and didn't pay...

I know your post is several months old but recent changes lead me to post a reply. I did take emgality for several months and actually did worse. For two months had 7 to 8 migraines a month. I had not had this many in a long time. Neurologist said to keep using it, but prescribed lamictal (a...

I did try the monoclonal antibody treatment Emgality. I have had the injection for five months now. The frequency of my migraines has actually increased over these five months. However, I must say that the annoying symptoms I had after many of the episodes have not been a problem...

My experience similar. I am five years post op and 75 years old. I have not been as successful as you in eliminating triggers. These mlgraines are still a significant factor in my life. Exercise is definitely a tigger. I walk on the beach five miles. I have had to slow down and walk shorter...

It was very slowly over five years. It was almost exactly one year before I went a whole week without episode.

Most of us who have posted on this thread have had them before and after surgery. Difference being that they are far more frequent after surgery. An explanation posted before is that there must be some change in the brain related to the surgery that makes brain much more sensitive to triggers...

As I have posted previously, I too get aura if I exercise to vigorously. I have discussed this with my cardiologist, and with heart surgeon. Neither had ever heard of this. I saw a neurologist who said she had seen same thing in patients who have had carotid endarterectomy but had never seen...

Use to have a lexus, but that didn't help

Hmm, I think we are related :). Again sounds like same thing I have had before with two a day rarely. Haven't had this for a couple of years though. As I mentioned before the "postdrome" of the migraines have been less the last year or so. I also think that these ocular migraines are in...

I smiled when I read your post about first migraine aura because I had such a similar experience. When about 14 I was out running through some woods with other kids playing some type of game and when it came on, I too ran inside very upset and told my mother. She said she had these since...

I have spoken with heart surgeon, pcp, neurologist, ophthalmologist, and cardiologist. All say they don't have any idea why this has happened, but have never heard of it being related to heart surgery. Neurologist did say she has seen this occur with opening stenosed carotid artery and felt...