There has been much ado about nothing or something concerning Michele Bachmann and her run for presidency in 2012. Recently she has announced that she has a history of Migraines and since then has had quite a bit of negative publicity surrounding her campaign. It is not scrutiny against her moral character, or even her political views that have been so widely publicized. It is the fact that she has a neurological medical condition. You can Wiki her profile for yourself. But is seems to me she has had a fairly successful career as a lawyer and as a politician.
This is something that no one can take away from this woman.
Presently, she seems to me to appear quite healthy, and with the support of her family, and friends seems to have her disease under control. If I were her campaign manager, I would've had her doctor making such said statement seconds after she told the public she had Migraines. I knew a close inspection of her disease would be forthcoming, anyone who has migraines would know this. But if I were her campaign manager, I would be rich, which sadly, so, so, sadly, I am not!
There are so many different types of migraines and each and every individual is different in how they perform under the conditions of an attack. It is upsetting to me that their is this potential for migraine disease to become generalized and fall under one category.
There are those whose migraine disease are not as debilitating and if under the direct supervision of a medical headache specialist, the symptoms can be controlled. Then again there are those who are still finding adequate care and treatment and have not yet found any sort of consistency and relief. Still others have a type of migraine disease that is more complex and can be more difficult to control.
So to say this candidate has Migraines is too broad and I feel that the public is being manipulated in some ways. It is like saying a candidate with Diabetes should not consider running merely because they have Diabetes. But say said candidate's Diabetes is controlled, and the symptoms of hypoglycemia (nervousness, anxiety, confusion, changes in behavior) or hyperglycemia
( headaches, blurred vision, difficulty concentrating) are all controlled by medication, and strict monitoring of their blood sugar. Surely, this would not be an issue if that was the case?
But since Migraine is a highly stigmatized disease, a diagnosis so often "tip-toed around" and brushed off by much of the medical community and public, then it becomes an issue.
I do not only speak from the viewpoint of complex migraine sufferer but from the viewpoint of a nursing professional as well. I have seen how some ( not all) in the medical community along with the public have dismissed migraine disease as a woman's disease, whose population tends to be drug seeking, whiny, Munchausen-like, complainers.
All aspects of a candidate are important, but accurate and updated research should also be performed, first and foremost.
All other information should be sent to the National Enquirer.
