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Dora, thank you for posting your story and your pics! Congratulations on your weight loss - it's an inspiration to me. My fiance Russell also has hemiplegic migraines. He had more typical migraines - starting when he had a concussion - before he had his first hemi in August 04. It wasn't diagnosed properly and that led to him being prescribed a triptan - which is probably what caused his ischemic stroke in October 04. His stroke affects have gotten much better, but he still has migraines often. The thing that has helped him the most is Compazine - an old fashioned migraine treatment, but effective for him. And a lot of nagging from me to stay away from his trigger foods, including aged meats and cheeses. Last but not least, he is terrible about keeping irregular hours, but at least trying to go to bed at a regular time seems to help him, too. He has had a terrible time finding neurologists familiar with hemiplegic migraine and an understanding of how this all happened. But he does have one now who gets it. So hang in there.