Vigilante
05-09-13, 16:00
Hello all, Just joined the forums.
I have worried constantly over my health for a number of years probably since I was a teenager. My very first case was a with a pain in my stomach wall which I kept prodding and poking at believing I had "stomach cancer" infact it was a muscle I was feeling.
I had this over and over with different things like:
Soar Throat = throat cancer
chest/back pain = lung cancer
urine infection = testicle cancer
small hernia and backache = bladder cancer/kidney cancer.
10 years ago I had what I called before this my biggest fear of all, I began to develop strange multiple vision like ghosting when looking at bright objects like lights or the moon, I was seen by the hospital eye specialists but they found nothing wrong, I got myself so hyped up believing I had vCJD for around 1 year, I even had twitching/jerking and lost the ability to throw darts ( I used to play a lot). Anyway years passed on that and obviously I forgot about it, symptoms like twitching disappeared, the vision did not but I kinda lived with it.
Around September/October last year my vision again changed, the multiple ghosting had got far worst just in my left eye, when looking at lights like the moon again I had a circle of them of almost infinite number, I went to see my gp who works at the local eye unit and got referred to the specialist. It wasn't until the appointment letter came through that I started to actually worry about what was happening and it was around this time in October that I started to get daily headaches around my forehead and sinus region as well as feeling spaced out.
Anyhow I saw the eye specialist who looked and said there was nothing wrong! although this time I could not believe that and questioned him, I was then told to go to my local optician. This did not help my fears and all I started to think was it must be a brain tumour....
I then visited the optician, who took 10 seconds in diagnosing me with the eye disease Keratoconus - the progressive disease of the cornea that makes the corneas thin and bulge into a cone shape.
I ended up seeing the eye specialists another two times before they finally did a cornea scan which confirmed this, as it stands now I am under another hospital that deals more with this disease but its progression of my left eye means I am likely facing a cornea transplant.
But all of this is not what worries me its still the fear of having a brain tumour....over the last 8/9 months I have had other symptoms which some have come and gone and some remain:
Headaches - have got better infact they are now rare for me
Perceived speech problems like saying wrong words.
uncoordinated
drooping eyelid
Itching
Excessive Saliva
Excessive Sweating including night sweating
and now I have what I think is peripheral neuropathy of my hands and feet!, I have what I can only describe as a burning pain sensation in my palms like where someone might get writers cramp as well as forearm pain which gets worst if I'm doing tasks like typing or mixing food or whatever. I have also got pins and needles in my hands at night for the past few months usually on the side I'm laying on.
My feet seem to hurt the more I stand on them on the soles.
I have had many tests already including:
Sinus CT scan without contrast
Blood tests for:
CBC
CRP
Thyroid
Vit D
B12
Iron
Many more too, the only ones which have come back abnormal are my Vit D being low and my B12 being high.
I believe I'm dying :weep:
---------- Post added at 16:00 ---------- Previous post was at 12:07 ----------
Well, I just about had another break down, my GP just prescribed me Gabapentin anyone have any experience with this?
I have worried constantly over my health for a number of years probably since I was a teenager. My very first case was a with a pain in my stomach wall which I kept prodding and poking at believing I had "stomach cancer" infact it was a muscle I was feeling.
I had this over and over with different things like:
Soar Throat = throat cancer
chest/back pain = lung cancer
urine infection = testicle cancer
small hernia and backache = bladder cancer/kidney cancer.
10 years ago I had what I called before this my biggest fear of all, I began to develop strange multiple vision like ghosting when looking at bright objects like lights or the moon, I was seen by the hospital eye specialists but they found nothing wrong, I got myself so hyped up believing I had vCJD for around 1 year, I even had twitching/jerking and lost the ability to throw darts ( I used to play a lot). Anyway years passed on that and obviously I forgot about it, symptoms like twitching disappeared, the vision did not but I kinda lived with it.
Around September/October last year my vision again changed, the multiple ghosting had got far worst just in my left eye, when looking at lights like the moon again I had a circle of them of almost infinite number, I went to see my gp who works at the local eye unit and got referred to the specialist. It wasn't until the appointment letter came through that I started to actually worry about what was happening and it was around this time in October that I started to get daily headaches around my forehead and sinus region as well as feeling spaced out.
Anyhow I saw the eye specialist who looked and said there was nothing wrong! although this time I could not believe that and questioned him, I was then told to go to my local optician. This did not help my fears and all I started to think was it must be a brain tumour....
I then visited the optician, who took 10 seconds in diagnosing me with the eye disease Keratoconus - the progressive disease of the cornea that makes the corneas thin and bulge into a cone shape.
I ended up seeing the eye specialists another two times before they finally did a cornea scan which confirmed this, as it stands now I am under another hospital that deals more with this disease but its progression of my left eye means I am likely facing a cornea transplant.
But all of this is not what worries me its still the fear of having a brain tumour....over the last 8/9 months I have had other symptoms which some have come and gone and some remain:
Headaches - have got better infact they are now rare for me
Perceived speech problems like saying wrong words.
uncoordinated
drooping eyelid
Itching
Excessive Saliva
Excessive Sweating including night sweating
and now I have what I think is peripheral neuropathy of my hands and feet!, I have what I can only describe as a burning pain sensation in my palms like where someone might get writers cramp as well as forearm pain which gets worst if I'm doing tasks like typing or mixing food or whatever. I have also got pins and needles in my hands at night for the past few months usually on the side I'm laying on.
My feet seem to hurt the more I stand on them on the soles.
I have had many tests already including:
Sinus CT scan without contrast
Blood tests for:
CBC
CRP
Thyroid
Vit D
B12
Iron
Many more too, the only ones which have come back abnormal are my Vit D being low and my B12 being high.
I believe I'm dying :weep:
---------- Post added at 16:00 ---------- Previous post was at 12:07 ----------
Well, I just about had another break down, my GP just prescribed me Gabapentin anyone have any experience with this?