I have not been on here for such a long time and so much has happened.
I have remained on my whole plant food based vegan eating to the greater extent only making exceptions when nothing suitable is available.
I lost over 23lbs over 12 weeks by April 2018 with healthy eating and excercise
Last year the migraines I have had since I was a young child increased with severity and length. I knew this was not diet related and kept trying to deal with them. However, on August 15 2018 the migraine settled & I did not get another day migraine free until May 29, 2019. I stopped working in Sept & then made the difficult decision to retire on April 26.
I have tried almost every medication, was referred to a Neurologist, had an MRI etc. The only 2 possibilities are that like many migraine sufferers I have 'migraine brain' and that combined with the horrid forest fires last year my system went into a state of constant migraine.
Timidly I started Botox treatment. The first one did nothing, the 2nd one 3 months later gave me my one day migraine free... a whole 25 hours, what excitement & bliss. But then it returned severely. This 3rd treatment was a mixed blessing. Within 12 hours a dormant infection in a nerve was activated with the result of my left side of my face having Bell's Palsy. So I have been on a massive course of antibiotics, antivirals and steroids. Thankfully all is clearing & I now look almost normal (if that can be said). The great news is I have not had a migraine for about 2 weeks.
I also came off the betablocker, apparently a migraine preventative, and have lost about 5 lbs of the weight I regained having been unable to cook, get out etc for about 8 months.
Creating a lot of different salads now the health & weather are improved.
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