Migraine Carnival

A blog carnival is a collection of links to a variety of blogs on a central topic. The Headache Disorders & Migraine Blog Carnival has been created to provide both headache disorders patients and people who blog about them with unique opportunities to share ideas on topics of particular interest and importance to us.

To join us email the link to your submission to me, Diana Lee, at somebodyhealme@gmail.com before each month's deadline (listed below).

Please include the following information:

(1) Your name as you would like it to appear in the carnival.
(2) The title of the blog post you're submitting.
(3) The url of the blog post you're submitting.
(4) The title of your blog.
(5) The url of your blog.

And don't forget to share the link to each month's carnival with your readers through your blog and, if you like, social media. NOTE: It is inappropriate to copy and paste the text of the carnival post and/or the links contained within it into your own blog post. If I see anyone has done this, I'll contact you asking you to remove that information. Please share just the link to the carnival post with any commentary of your own you'd like to add. Thank you.

Visit this link for answers to frequently asked questions: Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival FAQ and find out about hosting the carnival here: Instructions for Hosting. And keep reading for lists of themes, deadlines and hosts.

THEMES:

Past Carnival themes can be found here: Past Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival Themes.
January 2012 --- What do you resolve to do in 2012 to better manage your migraines?
February 2012 --- Tales from the Trenches: Experiences (good & bad) on the road to finding the right migraine doctor.
March 2012 --- no carnival
April 2012 --- How do you build and maintain hope when your life is dominated by migraine disease or another headache disorder?
May 2012 --- How to create awareness about migraine disease and headache disorders as a regular patient with a life full of other obligations.
June 2012 --- True Migraine Confessions: In honor of Migraine Awareness Month, give us your most personal, embarrassing or secret stories of living with migraine disease. Be as open as you dare.
July 2012 --- Fun in the Sun: Summer is all about vacations, parties and concerts for most people, but when you live with migraine disease, triggers complicate all of these activities. How do you find ways to enjoy the fun without ignoring your migraine triggers? How do you cope when migraine takes away your fun plans?
August 2012 --- Head Above Water: Share your tips & tricks for keeping up with household tasks & chores when you live with migraine disease or another headache disorder.
September 2012 ---Talking About Migraine Disease: How do you talk to the people in your life about migraine disease? How open are you? What do you share and what do you keep to yourself and why?
October 2012 --- Venting About Migraine Disease: How do you vent your frustrations about living with migraine disease in a way that's helpful to your healing, both emotionally and physically?
November 2012 --- Giving Thanks: What are you thankful for in your life despite living with a headache disorder or migraine disease? How do you stay focused on it when life gets hard?
December 2012 --- Pets as Therapy: How our pets help us cope with our migraine and headache disorders.
January 2013 --- New Year, New Chance to Adjust Your Migraine Treatment Strategies.
February 2013 --- Migraine Pet Peeves: What do people say about migraine disease or other headache disorders that annoys or angers you?
March 2013 --- Migraine Coping Toolkit: Tell us about your favorite tool(s) for coping with the challenges of living with migraine or another headache disorder.
April 2013 --- Unexpected blessings that have come out of our experiences living with migraine disease and other headache disorders.
May 2013 --- Practical tips & tricks for coping with the changes brought about in our lives by Migraine & Headache Disorders.
June 2013 --- Share your favorite blog post written by you or anyone else (so far) for the 2013 Migraine & Headache Awareness Month Blogging Challenge. (NOTE: Off-topic submissions will not be accepted.)
July 2013 --- Share your tips & tricks for having fun during your vacation despite the limits imposed by Migraine & Headache Disorders.
future themes as yet undetermined

Entries on topics that are particularly useful, educational or inspirational for headache and migraine sufferers are also welcome and encouraged.

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE:

The carnival is published on the second Monday of each month.

January 2012 --- Monday, January 16, 2012
February 2012 --- Monday, February 13, 2012
March 2012 --- no carnival
April 2012 --- Monday, April 9, 2012
May 2012 --- Monday, May 14, 2012
June 2012 --- Monday, June 11, 2012
July 2012 --- Monday, July 9, 2012
August 2012 --- Monday, August 13, 2012
September 2012 --- Monday, September 10, 2012
October 2012 --- Monday, October 8, 2012
November 2012 --- Monday, November 12, 2012
December 2012 --- Monday, December 10, 2012
January 2013 --- Monday, January 14, 2013
February 2013 --- Monday, February 11, 2013
March 2013 --- Monday, March 11, 2013
April 2013 --- Monday, April 8, 2013
May 2013 --- Monday, May 13, 2013
June 2013 --- Monday, June 10, 2013
July 2013 --- Monday, July 8, 2013

SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE:

Submissions are due by midnight (the end of the day) the Friday before the carnival is published.

January 2012 --- Friday, January 13, 2012
February 2012 --- Friday, February 10, 2012
March 2012 --- no carnival
April 2012 --- Friday, April 6, 2012
May 2012 --- Friday, May 11, 2012
June 2012 --- Friday, June 8, 2012
July 2012 --- Friday, July 6, 2012
August 2012 --- Friday, August 10, 2012
September 2012 --- Friday, September 7, 2012
October 2012 --- Friday, October 5, 2012
November 2012 --- Friday, November 9, 2012
December 2012 --- Friday, December 7, 2012
January 2013 --- Friday, January 11, 2013
February 2013 --- Friday, February 8, 2013
March 2013 --- Friday, March 8, 2013
April 2013 --- Friday, April 5, 2013
May 2013 --- Friday, May 10, 2013
June 2013 --- SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2013 (We've extended the deadline by a day since the Carnival comes early in the MHAM Blogging Challenge.)
July 2013 --- Friday, July 5, 2013

HOSTS:

January 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee

February 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee

March 2012 --- no carnival

April 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee

May 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee

June 2012 --- Migraine.com, Diana Lee
July 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee
August 2012 --- Migraine & Other Headache Disorders, Nancy Harris Bonk
September 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee
October 2012 --- Healing My Migraines, Katharine Hope
November 2012 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee
December 2012 --- Chronic Migraine Warrior, Jamie Valendy
January 2013 --- Headache Disorders Blog Network, Teri Robert
February 2013 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee
March 2013 --- Pain Camp, Camper Jen
April 2013 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee
May 2013 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee
June 2013 --- AHMA Blog, Teri Robert
July 2013 --- Somebody Heal Me, Diana Lee

PAST CARNIVAL EDITIONS

DISCLAIMER: Nothing on this site constitutes medical or legal advice. I am a patient who is engaged and educated and enjoys sharing my experiences and news about migraines, pain and depression. Please consult your own health care providers for advice on your unique situation.