Kathleen O’Shea is professor of english at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, and a sufferer of migraines. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, she has also been published in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture.
Her book, So Much More Than a Headache: Understanding Migraine Through Literature, published by Kent State University Press, August 2020, has afforded her the chance to meld her two worlds of teaching literature for 33 years and suffering from migraine for 43 years.
LINKS:
BOOK: migrainelit.com/
Facebook: / somuchmorethanaheadache
TWITTER: / migrainelit
LinkedIn: / migrainelit
PsychologyToday: www.psychologytoday.com/us/co...
PODCAST MOMENTS:
1:08 Introduction
3:13 Personal Background
6:15 Experience with Migraine
11:40 What is Migraine?
19:17 How Do We Treat Migraine?
26:47 What Migraine feels like
32:00 Kathy's first Migraine
36:00 Migraine and Home Remedies
40:20 Migraine Stigma
44:47 Structure and Breakdown of Kathy's Book
57:14 How Can We Support Loved Ones With Migraine?
1:08:14 Hospital Standard of Care for Migraine Treatment?
1:16:52 Experience as an English Professor and Beauty of Literature
1:45:47 Closing Words from Kathy
23 окт 2021