Hi all
I'm new to this board and have also posted on the Newbie thread so apologies if you have already found me!
How do people cope with worries about brain tumour? I am currently off sick with something that the dr. puts on my sick note as "palpitations" or "dizziness". All started a month ago with a sudden attack of goodness knows what. Hit me out of the blue. All on right-hand side of head....rushing noise in head, numb head on right hand side, feeling of head being full of helium and wanting to disappear. No loss of balance though. Continued to feel horrendously dizzy for the next couple of weeks on and off, sweating, palpitations, sense of unreality. Had two panic attacks that took me to A and E. GP very sympathetic and did loads of tests, stared in eyes etc and said he was sure this was not a brian tumour. Finally got me to ENT to see a lovely consultant. No loss of hearing, no loss of balance, all inconclusive so referred me for "routine" MRI scan. Another 4-6 weeks to wait though for that. Of course I am now terrifying myself that I have a brain tumour. Every new symptom seems to point towards it. For example, I went to bed with a tension but not bad head on Sunday night and woke up on Monday with an awful headache that started in the middle of my head and then moved to left-hand side....similar to migraine. After about 2 hours and 2 co-codamol it did go off, but the rest of the day the remnants of it jiggled around my head and then came back in the evening settling on my right hand side. I felt drowsy and demotivated all day. Felt like nothing was worth it anymore, never going to get well etc. Awful.
The internet is the worst plague for confirming all our worst fears. sometimes I wish I could just ignore it and never consult it again! My son is off to Uni. on Saturday and I am terrified that I may never see him again because of a tumour but I am also terrified that he will not feel happy at Uni. because I look like a dishrag in the house! I should be back at work, managing people and being me.
Help!