Re: SiCKO Movie -- Michael Moore Wants to Hear From You

Cluster Headache attack. This is a rare disease that is often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. My name is Anthony Amabile of New Castle, PA. and I suffer from Chronic Cluster Headaches. It has been described in medical journals as one of the most severe pain syndromes suffered by human beings. Oxygen is an effective abortive for these attacks and yet my insurance company will not pay for oxygen. In this video I am experiencing an attack rated at 7 on a scale of 1 thru 10, with ten being the most severe. As a Chronic Cluster Headache sufferer I have between 1 and 12 attacks per day some lasting 3 hours.

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[L571J]

Cluster headaches generally only ocur duing certain times per year and are not chronically disabling. Oxygen therapy should work and allow you to resume anormal life. Why are you not on oxyen in this video? What other symptoms do you get with your headaches? Do you smoke?

[artonio7]

There are two types of cluster headache sufferers, episodic and chronic, I am a chronic sufferer. I could not afford oxygen and my insurance would not cover it, since then I discovered o2 works as an abort for me only part of the time.

[BIGGESTOFNOSES]

i suffer these every 3 years for 6 weeks, each time seems worse. Morphine, Pethadine and oxygen helps me if taken all at once, each new time it takes a few days to get the hospital to come to terms with this condition before they help. thats the worse, i know, they dont, give me a gun i'll do it myself, quite happily to escape the pain and fear, for the sake of my children i hold off this time, this time i survived, next time...who knows.

[artonio7]

I know what pain you are going through. Do not let this beast win.... don't give up.

with warm regards,

Artonio

[Jonnymule]

You are an uninformed fucking idiot!

Get back to me when you pull your head out of your ass and research this!

Does Tony look like hes having fun, asshole?

[wmbdm]

I'm American And Glad I moved too Canada!

[cluster1971]

i have cluster for 4 years now, had an headinjection last friday , failed, tuesday second try, meds fail

[L571J]

@cluster1971 I have not experienced your particular pain, but I do understand how disabling such chronic headaches can be. My GF suffers from migraines, which are not chronic but are nonetheless disabling when they do occur. Four years is too long. May I inquire as to what hospitals you have been to/what doctors you have seen? What do you mean by "head infiltration?"

[cluster1971]

@L571J i have cronic cluster headache too, had meds wich helped me 9 months, now on friday 10/28 i am getting a head infiltration i really hope it helps cause i am getting desperrate, i have it for 4 years now, i had enough

[pojo10]

I am a chronic cluster head,have had it for 4 years

[agusrhpositivo]

gracias por este vídeo mucha gente sabrá el sufrimiento que padecemos a diario ojala se hicieran mas vídeos como este y que el oxigeno es lo mejor para este dolor

[adamwittek]

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