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Sure hope you can. Hate to see anyone heart broken.

Thanks Prof and CHF

Here: http://www.clusterbusters.com/convention6.html And here: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=conference PM me if you have any questions.

No, the indo should not interfere. I'd try and avoid it, but not changed your plans because of it. Carry on :-) Let us know how busting goes.

There will be a lot of experience there. :-) In every aspect treating clusters. :-) Get you room booked early, time is running out. FG

If anyone has a link to these shuttles, please post it. I too was certain there were shuttles, but could not find it earlier: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1302638176 Brew, you are the greatest guy......... FG

yep big happy birthday. :-)

Don't know about the dreams, I seldom dream when in or out of cycle. :-( "\ There in lays the dilemma. What if you don't try and start into cycle? What if you do try and do start into a cycle? What if you don't try and don't? What if you do and don't? Seriously. The truth is we may never know. But the experience of so many suggests you try IF you are prepared properly. Set and setting stuff. Game face on. Good luck. Dg

that is an incredible violin and an even more incredible contribution. Thank you. I'm going to let Bob deal with you directly on this one. FG

Yep. Saturday only: http://www.clusterbusters.com/convention6.html Part way down the page under Registration. Yep.

Lots of similar tables, some good sources too; http://web.cgu.edu/faculty/gabler/drug_toxicity.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Drug_danger_and_dependence.png

Any chance both of you guys are coming to Chicago for the conference. This is one conversation I'd love to sit in on and listen to. Carry on. Please. This is fascinating. FG

Somewhere I have several very old articles on light therapy. The thought was it ties into the hypothalamus-pineal-melatonin axis. Seems to have worked for some, not for others/most. (several threads on ch.com) Does that sound way to familiar with most anything in CH treatment?? :-( There are also several people that claim moving closer to the equator (more hours of sun) help with their CH. FG

me too!! LOL, That's good you're coming Larry, you are presenting!

The hypothalamus theory is NOT yet proven incorrect. This is only one study, one more piece in the puzzle. So hold on to your hunks and chunks Bejeebers. ;-) The good news of all this, there is some research going on into something about cluster headache. FG

Mainly for research, comparative analysis The short version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voxel-based_morphometry The long version: http://www.tina-vision.net/docs/memos/2003-011.pdf FG

Thanks for putting this up Kyle. Amazing technology and interesting findings from the study. "VBM showed that patients with cluster headache (vs. those without) had significantly more gray matter atrophy in several areas of the pain matrix network, including the right thalamus, bilateral posterior cingulate cortex, bilateral middle frontal gyrus, right middle temporal gyrus and right precentral gyrus (P<0.001)." --yep. Can someone explain what all these areas do? "Additionally, the extent of atrophy in the left middle frontal gyrus correlated with disease duration (P<0.001)." --this seems to agree with a thought I've always had: living with this sort of recurring pain for this many years can't be good for us in the long run. "Although prior research with VBM and positron emission tomography found patients with cluster headache had abnormalities in the hypothalamus—proposed as a key component in the pathophysiology of cluster headache—the current study showed no such abnormalities." -- this is something to watch. When the early PET scans showed hypothalamus activity it was hoped this might lead to more targeted treatment possibilities. (hypothalamic deep brain stimulation). Maybe not???

August 25 is the last day to confirm you hotel room at the rate of $79.00 per night.

Hot damn. Talk about Set and Setting. The preventative treatments are going to be awesome. FG PS: Hey Denny, good to see back today. :-)

Hmmm. I dunno Checking and will get back to you with an answerr Certainly for registration we will take you anytime, but the sooner you let us know the easier our planning is. Especially if you want food. ;-)

Hi Riy The answer is maybe. ;-) Busting is not very complicated but it does require some thought and planning. The shadow lasts all day? Can you give us a bit more information about yourself and your headaches. What you've tried, what works and doesn't work, what you are taking now for abortives and/or preventatives. FG

TY :-)

Hi IMH. Glad you are enjoying the forum. We don't' have enough experience with HC and mushrooms, so the answer is mabe? However...... I cringe at self-diagnosis. There are too many other things that cause headaches of any sort, it behooves you to get a proper evaluation, testing as indicated and a diagnosis. See Scott's thread here: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1305417199 HC is a strange condition and is usually very responsive to Indomethacin: http://www.headaches.org/education/NHF_HeadLines_Excerpts/Case_Studies_in_Headache_Archive/CS_157 http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hemicrania_continua/hemicrania_continua.htm IMO, every person with headaches the resemble CH (HC, EPH, CPH, etc) should undergo a trial of indo as it is seldom helpful in CH but very effective in others that look like CH. Nasty side effects but there are ways to deal with that. Good luck FG

Kyle: In the past some spouses didn't want to attend the presentations, so this year we offered to arrange an alternative for them. For those of you that have never been to one of these conferences not only are they informative but you're going to meet the nicest bunch of people and have a lot of fun. FG

Cluster Busters 6th Conference September 16 - 18, 2011 Chicago Illinois. Agenda and Syllabus attached below. Be there!! 2011_agenda_final.doc 2011_syllabus_final.doc