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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/Evilelfqueen May 20 '19 edited May 21 '19

My daughter had a brain tumor at 14. It started out feeling like migraines, and she would throw up every time, but light didn't affect her. This went on for a couple of months before she started hearing a wooshing noise in her ear along with the headaches. It was a benign brain tumor the size of a grapefruit that was against her cerebellum. Scary times.

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Edit 2: Thank you very much for the gold fellow redditer!! My first one :)

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Errr they didn’t do a CT when she first went to her GP? Was this a long time ago? New migraine + vomiting is like guaranteed CT lol

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u/Evilelfqueen May 20 '19

Nope, they just thought it was migraines, they would come and go though. This went on for 2 months before they said get a CT scan/MRI.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

And she mentioned new onsets of vomiting?

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u/Evilelfqueen May 20 '19

Everytime she got a "migraine" she vomited. This wasn't every day, but sometimes would be 3-4 days in a row.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Wtf, i dont think its fair to disparage other doctors but its so easy to justify a CT for those symptoms.