Testimonials - Valley Neurological Headache and Research Center

It's been a little over a year since my first visit to your office and I feel compelled to tell you what a difference your treatment plan has made in my life.

I have experienced migraine headaches since my teenage years. Doctors never diagnosed my headaches as migraines, because I didn't have ALL the classic migraine symptoms - specifically auras or any visual impairment. Over the past 35 years, I can't tell you how many doctors I saw and how many prescriptions I was given. The drugs made me groggy - I lived life in a fog - but still in pain. I tried all the conventional treatments and eventually branched out to bio-feedback and acupuncture. Finally in December of 2001, after almost 2 months of continual migraines, I saw my family physician, Dr John P. Julius, who acknowledged that I had the majority of migraine symptoms, and gave me a sample Imitrex nose spray to try. My headache was 100% eliminated in less than 60 minutes. I was shocked. Speechless. I felt like I had experienced a miracle. After years of living in pain, I had finally found an effective method of treatment. I saw Dr. Julius again for a follow up visit, and he referred me to your office.

In the year since I have adopted your treatment plan, the frequency of my headaches has reduced significantly, I feel better than I've ever felt before, and most importantly, I have confidence that when I do experience a migraine, I have the tools to treat the pain effectively and quickly. I have had months without a migraine. Our pre-planning before my vacation was effective and I now know I don't need to spend my life in pain.

The changes your treatment plan recommended in diet, exercise and relaxation have improved every aspect of my day-to-day living. I feel physically and mentally healthier, have more energy, and feel positive about life. I know it sounds corny, but your guidance and expertise has turned my life around. I cannot thank you enough. I have referred dozens of friends and coworkers to your practice and will continue to send more migraine sufferers your way. They are inspired by the changes in my life, thanks to your program.

I went from five or more migraines per week to five or less per month since beginning the program five months ago, and I am not done yet. Not only have my migraines slowed considerably, but I also lost around 25 pounds between the diet and exercise. If that is not great enough, there is also a very friendly, professional staff,and not once did I have to wait more than a few minutes beyond my appointment time as opposed to the hour wait in other doctor's offices. Everybody there has made this a very pleasant experience.

Dr. Foster & Staff-
What a view huh!?! This is what we see out our honeymoon suite balcony! Thanks to everyone in your office my wedding day went off without the slightest hint of a migraine & I have been migraine free all week! Thank you so much! This is the best wedding gift Mike & I could have prayed for! You all truly are a blessing from God! May he bless you as well.

Love & God bless
Kim R
postcard from Jamaica

It's always a pleasure, Dr Foster...
... to come for my appointment with you. I learn something new each time, and your advice is always on the mark.

You ought to write a book about the psychological basis of headaches, including your strong belief in the almighty to guide us into calmer waters including being always mindful of our blessings.

You changed my life, not only with medication, but with your spiritual outlook It's all connected.

Thank you so much for all the samples. I am eager to see if the Paxil changes anything.

With sincerely appreciation,
Buddie L
Phoenix, AZ
August 9, 2002

Just a short note to let you know how pleased and thankful I am to you all at Gottaheadache for the progress I have been making with your treatment.

When I came to you almost 2 years ago I was having headaches 2 or 3 times a day. I was ¨self medding¨ using Migraine-X and Imitrex. I used Imitrex to knockout headaches that the Migraine-X didn't fix, and I was having unpleasant side effects from this mixture. Actually not taking Migraine-X was not so much of a problem but the way I felt was something different. I had a sickly feeling for quite some time. During the first year I did have some headache reductions but this past year, especially the past 6 months I have had some really noticeable gains.

I have often had spells when I have been headache free. I have just one when I've been on a roll for 5 days. A short time ago when I was on a roll for 12 days without a headache. But that´s not all. We went on 2 big game drives. In situations like these I have come down later with really cracking headaches, in which I was layed out on my bed for a day or two, because of the constant swinging my head left and right. I remembered this before the drive but figured I would just have to put up with it. Well, both days I went headache free. It felt weird, really weird.

Something that really impresses me is that between headaches my head is completely free of any feeling. Whereas previously I did have a very low ¨feeling¨ which I did not even know was there which ¨slowed me down¨never-the-less.

All in all I feel as if I have got a new life! Again, my real appreciation to you for having brought me this far.

I am a family practitioner in Van Nuys,California and a migraine sufferer for as long as I can recall. I have a strong family history of migraine as well. Last spring, I attended the Southwestern Conference on Medicine in Tucson, Arizona and was fortunate to hear Dr. Foster's presentation on headache. Over the years I have used many of the medications that have been on the market with varying degrees of success. When the triptans were introduced several years ago, I was able to abort the headaches very well, but they became more frequent and I would have cycles of 2-3 migraines per week at times. It became frustrating for me, having found myself in a situation where if I continued taking the medications I ran the risk of developing chronic daily headaches. If I tried to avoid the medications, I was miserable, making it difficult for me to function. I eventually consulted with a neurologist, had an MRI of the brain, which was normal and was advised to begin a course of migraine prophylaxis. I was unable to tolerate the medications and that is when I revisited my notes from Dr. Foster's lecture. I went to the web site and down loaded her "migraine diet" and eliminated many of the foods on her " don't eat list" that were prominent in my diet. I have completely eliminated aspartame and MSG containing products and have markedly reduced my caffeine intake. I am writing this note to to personally thank Dr. Foster for making such an enormous impact on my life. I have not had a migraine headache in six months! I no longer take migraine medications. I have referred all of my migraine patient's to her work site with the hope that they will benefit as much as I have.

Sincerely, Barry Rosenblum, D.O.