It's hard for me to say if the surgery actually helped my migraines, as I am allergic to the nickel in the device.  The nickel is making the auto-immune disease I have, Lupus, go haywire.  So now I am in a constant Lupus flare, and I am throwing seizures left and right, and it's hard to really know what's going on.  When I have a seizure, sometimes I have a migraine too.  If I weren't in a Lupus flare, and I wasn't having a ton of seizures, perhaps I woulnd't be having so many migraine auras, who is to say.  I am not a good example of anything, except to make sure that you are not allergic to any components of anything that they put into your body.

kimsstay <cornerstone@arvig.net> wrote:

Dear Vi,
thanks for all the info and for sharing your story with me. Of course I need to quit smoking, that is pretty much a given. I just have to screw up the courage and set the date...

My PVCs are caused by low potassium, or that is when i get them anyway. The low potassium is caused by my Primary Aldosternism. The cardiologist I saw said they were of no concern and they really don't bother me unless I start getting a ton of them, then i know I better jack up my potassium quick!! I have been on Verapamil for years, so if it is helping the PVCs goodness knows what they would be like if I didn't take it!! Verapamil also does absolutely nothing for my migraines, and I know a lot of folks use it for a migraine preventative very successfully -- just doesn't work for me.

Did any of you suffer from migraines before the surgery, and did you find that the closure helped, or not?

thanks again for all your help and info!
Kim

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