A Team-Based Approach to Understanding Migraines

Kelly Aanestad’s first migraine attack came out of nowhere in her early 30s.
Others followed—sometimes one bout right on top of another. The Rockford woman experiences piercing eye pain, vertigo, nausea and a head that feels like it’s going to explode.
There is something else, too. Something all too common for a disease that others can’t see or feel.
People, co-workers in particular, simply didn’t believe her.
Two years or so into this nightmare, Kelly found help and hope from University of Minnesota expertise through the M Health Fairview Headache Care program.