Legs stuck in cement
A #prank no one else can see
'Step forward.' / 'I can't.'
#Vss365 #Haiku #HemiplegicMigraine
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Sian Yvette here, writer of poetry and prose, sharing personal experiences of chronic hemiplegic migraine through my fictional characters Jayne and Hemi (The Hemiplegic Migraine Monster). #WritingCommunity #Poetry #FlashFiction #MigraineAwareness
Legs stuck in cement
A #prank no one else can see
'Step forward.' / 'I can't.'
#Vss365 #Haiku #HemiplegicMigraine
โ[A] hope too daring can be dangerous and destructive when your illness is chronic and without a cure.โ
Please help me amplify this piece I wrote on #grief and #chronicillness #chronicpain #chronicmigraine #spoonie #migraine #invisibleillness #invisibledisability.
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I think that's what is frustrating about it - the knowing it's not a tired yawn and will need to cancel life for the next few days. I'm glad I'm not the only one, too. It can be quite isolating.
28.07.2025 10:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yes. During the prodrome phase - so annoying!!! Also, experience excessive yawning. Do you?
22.07.2025 17:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0#migraine #MigraineChat #migraineur
17.07.2025 14:21 โ ๐ 60 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 2I was going to ask how you prevent it from occurring, so sleep doesn't get disturbed - but you're an insomniac anyway. I don't usually have a problem staying asleep, except the night before my migraine hits - it arrives like clockwork every month.
17.07.2025 09:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Does anyone else get Insomnia as a warning sign or pre-migraine symptom the night before their chronic migraine is due?
#MigraineChat #MigraineAwareness #ChronicHemiplegicMigraine
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16.07.2025 14:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Light is a rare treat
#Free to draw heavy curtains
A ghost to the sun
#Vss365 #Haiku #MigraineFreeDay
Always important to take care of you and be kind to yourself. ๐๐ฆ
12.02.2025 12:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you, Catherine. It's been a scary couple of days. The plus side is, I always fully recover. ๐๐
09.01.2025 13:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hemi strangles cords
#Sweet honey voice hoarse and strained
Whispers escape grasp
#Vss365 #MigraineAura #LostVoice
๐คฃ Happy hump day!
08.01.2025 20:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Paint me bronze, robe me
A living statue, Iโll be
#Guess til strength comes back
#Vss365 #TemporaryParalysis #HemiplegicMigraine
#Year of micro-changes
#3wordspoet #Wellbeing
๐คฃBrilliant! Love this piece. ๐
07.01.2025 19:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I feel it more when cold too. Unfortunately it came back today. Like clockwork. ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ค
Thank you - I wish you a good week too. ๐
Bring relief from woe
Day bows to #vespers whispers
As shooting stars heed
#Vss365 #HemiplegicMigraine
My pleasure. As are you, lovely friend. ๐ฅฐ I adore your strength, passion, love, kindness and caring nature ๐ฆโจ
06.01.2025 21:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0#Time-Square
sensory overload
#3wordspoet #Migraine
Absolutely! Love this haiku, Aspen. ๐
06.01.2025 19:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thank you so much for your lovely compliment. ๐๐ฆWishing you a blissful day. ๐
06.01.2025 19:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Wake in your own time
#Measure your cup of sunrise
Allow yourself grace
#Vss365 #ChronicIllness
Sleep well. โจ
05.01.2025 22:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thatโs amazing youโve found a medication that works for you.
05.01.2025 22:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My pleasure. ๐ฆ
05.01.2025 21:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Love this imagery - โsipping the memory of the sunโ. Lovely haiku. ๐งก
05.01.2025 20:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Pleased for your improvement. May it continue. What helped to reduce migraine attacks each month?
05.01.2025 20:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I love that apricot cake was a birthday tradition. Yeah, definitely some kind of special grandmotherโs ingredient tucked up in there. ๐ Sneaky like that, arenโt they?! They know what theyโre doing - make us remember them by. ๐ฅฐ
05.01.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0