http://www.adn.com/front/story/837239.html


hey everyone,

sorry to send such a depressing email...but the link above is to an article covering the story a friend's death from girdwood, alaska.
she had been suffering from migraine headaches. when she went for a hike, she started getting a horrendous headache and died a while later.
what a surprising and devastating way to die. i especially feel for the friend hiking with her who performed CPR for hours in hopes of saving sarah. :(

the comments to the story are just as important at the story.
as a friend of sarah's and as a migraine sufferer, i am deeply affected by this death.

i don't know how many of you suffer from migraines...but even though i have suffered for years, i have never been told by a doctor the important news that if someone who
suffers from migraines suddenly starts have headaches that are worse than the "usual" migraines or the symptoms suddenly change that a trip to the ER could save your life.
hemorraging, stroking out, and bleeding out are unfortunately things that migraine sufferers are more at risk for. and i wouldn't want to know these scary facts and not pass
them on to someone who may also be a migraine sufferer.
so please, pay attention to your symptoms. and take a trip to the ER if something doesn't feel right. please.

love,
bethany