Hi all,
I'm new here and have been experiencing health anxiety for the past four weeks, specifically diagnosing myself with a brain tumor. I visited my GP today and told him my symptoms of nose/facial twitching, numbness in my hand and a "foggy" feeling in my head.
I was hoping he would immediately dismiss the symptoms as non-serious, but instead he recommended I get an MRI done "to rule things out and peace of mind". This surprised me and made me feel that there is a realistic chance of it being serious. We can pay for private MRI's where I aim, so I'm going tomorrow and will have the results in a few days. In the meantime I get a CD of the image but not report for a few days. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with it, everything is going to look like something sinister!
Anyways, I guess it will be good to know for certain rather than continually be anxious. Has anyone gone through a similar experience? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.