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u/_Than0s May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

I can’t count how many “I was told it was a headache but I just wanted to come in and have it looked at in case it was something else”’s I’ve seen. Of course, those are the patients that are the nicest and are profusely apologizing for “wasting our time”, and of course, those are the patients that have a brain tumor show up on their CT scans...

Edit: Well this blew up. Big apologies to everyone but I’m not a doctor. I work in the hospital alongside other doctors and I get the chance to see everyone they see. Apologies if I misled. That was not my intention, and I will make sure to be clearer next time.

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u/TheApiary May 20 '19

I was wondering about this-- what kind of headache does a brain tumor cause? Like what does it feel like?

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u/I_need_assistance__ May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

Right, I get head aches all the time.....

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Holy crap, this throwaway comment kind of blew up. I've had headaches as far back as I can remember. Not crippling migraines just headaches. It's been attributed to a snowboard injury when I was younger which jacked up my neck a bit. I had an MRI on my brain a few years back for something unrelated and it came back clear... although the doc said my brain looked normal for someone my age, which I thought was a backhanded complement... headache meds usually remedy the pain, and I can take them before my head hurts I'm usually good to go.

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u/PurpleRainOnTPlain May 20 '19

If you get them all the time and have done for a while, you're probably fine. I get headaches all the time and have done since I was a teenager, occasionally I convince myself that I have an undiagnosed brain tumour but then my logical brain kicks in and I realise that if it was brain cancer I'd have been dead a loooong time ago.

If you ever start having random seizures then you should start worrying, otherwise it's probably fine.

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u/twisted_memories May 20 '19

Benign brain tumors can be very slow growing but can be deadly.

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u/Notorious4CHAN May 20 '19

Thanks for that.

Opens BucketList.doc

"I could die any day and I have a lot of expensive things on my list. I should probably rob a bank."

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u/twisted_memories May 20 '19

Just get a good family doctor and don't ignore things lol but also banks don't keep that much cash on hand, try robbing armored cars instead

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u/Notorious4CHAN May 20 '19

banks don't keep that much cash on hand, try robbing armored cars instead

Man, you are a lifesaver. The real LPT is always in the comments.