My Voice

Hot Off the Presses! Welcome to Golden Graine! The name of my blog is a play on my last name and slang for migraine (so don’t forget the “e” at the end of ‘Graine). When I had to stop working at the age of 32 due to intractable chronic migraine disease, I found purpose in writing. I realized there was this great big community of people who are going through the same struggle. I’ve been writing for Migraine.com, the largest online migraine community, for a few years now. This opportunity has given me so much more than I ever could have imagined. At first it was about trying to work through my own struggles in finding a cause or a miracle treatment. When I accepted that this crazy illness was going to stick around for a while, my writing began to morph into educating those who were just diagnosed. Representing…