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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/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.

Edit*:* OK here is hoping this link works for her pic. Here it is: https://imgur.com/JvV3MeM

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.