I have chronic migraines. Now, I know what you're thinking- "oh, isn't that just a bad headache?". No, it's not. It's nearly blinding pain, nearly every day. I have to go an hour away, to a doctor who only treats migraine patients. I've had Botox, triptans, ER stays, nerve blocks that gave me seizures, etc. I'm quickly running out of treatment options. We're getting to the point that surgery might be on the horizon. *This is serious business.* Migraines can sometimes trigger strokes. To say I'm scared is an understatement.

So, because of the chronic pain, I don't get out much. I keep up with my friends online mostly. (I've known most of these people for years.) I'm on a Facebook group with most of them, it makes it easier to keep up. Yesterday, I posted to the group that I was going to the migraine specialist, and I was *scared*, for the above reasons. I wanted prayers, good thoughts, juju, whatever. I got one response. Just one. And this happens every damn time I post about the migraines. I either get no response, or just one or two. 

I only post about them when I go to the doctor, and yesterday was the first appointment in three months. Meanwhile, others in the group are having issues that, *to me*, are trivial, and they're getting all kinds of support. WTF? Am I a bad friend? Should I just drop these friends?
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My friends seem to not get my chronic migraines. I'm not sure if
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I have chronic migraines. Now, I know what you're thinking- "oh, isn't that just a bad headache?". No, it's not. It's nearly blinding pain, nearly every day. I have to go an hour away, to a doctor who only treats migraine patients. I've had Botox, triptans, ER stays, nerve blocks that gave me seizures, etc. I'm quickly running out of treatment options. We're getting to the point that surgery might be on the horizon. *This is serious business.* Migraines can sometimes trigger strokes. To say I'm scared is an understatement.

So, because of the chronic pain, I don't get out much. I keep up with my friends online mostly. (I've known most of these people for years.) I'm on a Facebook group with most of them, it makes it easier to keep up. Yesterday, I posted to the group that I was going to the migraine specialist, and I was *scared*, for the above reasons. I wanted prayers, good thoughts, juju, whatever. I got one response. Just one. And this happens every damn time I post about the migraines. I either get no response, or just one or two. 

I only post about them when I go to the doctor, and yesterday was the first appointment in three months. Meanwhile, others in the group are having issues that, *to me*, are trivial, and they're getting all kinds of support. WTF? Am I a bad friend? Should I just drop these friends?
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I have chronic migraines, and I'm afraid that my friends don't have the
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