Kim Wing
“If you are having migraines you are entitled to that time with your doctor. You deserve it.”
When Kim met Dr. Brandes, she was miserable. Her migraines were having a huge impact on her life. And they weren't just hard on her, they were hard on everyone around her. Especially her family.
“Migraines are one of those things that it's difficult to explain — how they affect your life — because they actually control your whole life.”
Family is important to Kim, for business reasons as well as personal. Kim owns and runs a café and catering service. It's a family business, and her whole family participates, including her two boys, 17 and 12. Between running the business and running her family, Kim is one busy woman, with no time for migraines. Not that there was much she could do about it.
“My boys couldn't figure out why mom was grouchy... Always grouchy.”
Kim was referred to Dr. Brandes, who is particularly attuned to the needs of migraine patients, and is especially concerned with the total impact of migraines on daily life. She urges her patients to be their own advocates — not that Kim needed much urging. For more on how to get the most from your conversation with your doctor, click here.
“Before I went to see Dr. Brandes I had a notebook full of notes...I had made out a list of questions and a list of symptoms.”
Kim was well prepared for her first appointment. Dr. Brandes questioned her closely, trying to establish not just a diagnosis, but also a feel for how migraines actually affected Kim's life, work, and family circumstances.
“I believe that Dr. Brandes is using all the information to find a better process or treatment for me.”
To Dr. Brandes, what matters is the “total impact of migraines and how we can help change that with a daily preventive medication.” For many of her patients, TOPAMAX is that preventive medication.TOPAMAX is a daily prescription medication that may help reduce the frequency of migraines.
And to people like Kim, that's good news.
