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• Nov 06 2006 DESPERATE FOR RELIEF

Desperate for relief
PAINFUL MIGRAINE can make anyone feel desperate. Even a Desperate Housewife.
"My first one happened when I was 14," recalls Marcia Cross, who plays Bree Van De Kamp on ABC's "Desperate Housewives."

"I had this excruciating pain. The school nurse told me to call my mother, and I couldn't remember my phone number, which used to happen to me.

"Someone took me home, and I just writhed in pain in my bedroom," she continues. "I didn't know what was going on, but it was horrible."

Most of us find ways to deal with common headaches, but those who suffer the harsher, debilitating pain classified as migraines often don't realize there's more help available.

In its Ten Year Report Card on the State of Migraine, the National Headache Foundation estimated that 52 percent of the people whose headaches fit the classifications of migraines have never been diagnosed and are not receiving the most appropriate treatment for their symptoms.

"I think a lot of people probably feel they don't need to be diagnosed. They can get away with Tylenol or other over-the-counter medication and don't feel they necessarily need prescription medication," says Dr. David Kudrow of the California Medical Clinic for Headache in Encino. "But some have more frequent migraines, and it can start disrupting schedules.
"The key," Kudrow continues, "is that migraines are treatable, and somewhat preventable."

Cross got the help she needed.

Thirty years after that first migraine, she knows exactly what is going on when she starts to experience classic migraine symptoms, including tingling in her fingers and a cone of light in her peripheral vision - known as an aura.

When these symptoms come on, Cross says she quickly takes her prescribed medication, retreats to a quiet place and waits for the discomfort to pass. Only once, she says, has a migraine interfered with her work.

"Most people - and I hear this a lot - they'll say, 'Oh I have a migraine,' and I'll ask if they take medication," says Cross. "It's so easy to ignore it because it just goes away, you forget about it and think you don't have it. I'm not even sure I did until I was diagnosed."

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• Oct 31 2006 PHOTOSHOOT

I have added another photoshoot to the gallery :)

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• Oct 27 2006 GALLERY PROBLEMS

Hey everyone. I am aware of the problems with the gallery. Please know that I'm working on it, but I don't have a lot of time, so please be patient. No need to keep emailing me.

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• Oct 23 2006 MARCIA PICS

I have added some pictures of Marcia at the Art Of The Brain/UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program 7th Annual Gala :)

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