Serious question. Anyone here had a brain tumor?

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: Serious question. Anyone here had a brain tumor?

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May just be stress.

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Yep, I had several of those symptoms and a few others after ~18 months of working hundred hour weeks. Definitely get it checked out but if they can't identify a cause get more rest / sleep and wind down the stressful activities if possible.

[zeegler]

Re: Serious question. Anyone here had a brain tumor?

Well, I'm back and my doc suggested the first thing I do is see an eye specialist, so I have to call on monday and make an appointment. Thanks a lot for the support guys, you sure make a guy feel better. The eye is twitching like a sonofabitch right now, and it's driving me nuts.

I think I'll go smoke a bowl. That usually takes care of it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Deneb]

Re: Serious question. Anyone here had a brain tumor?

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I'm not the least bit worried about the old ballsack right now. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Here's the dilly:

About 3-4 weeks ago, I started to experience what I like to call "vibrating eyeballs". I'll be reading a book, or watching TV or whatever, just relaxing, and for a second or so, my eyes will lose focus, and feel like they are vibrating. I would say it has happened a couple dozen times in total.

2 weeks ago, my left eyelid started to twitch. At first, I figured it would go away in a few minutes like it always has before. Well here I am 2 weeks later with my eyelid twitching away. It hasn't been doing it non-stop, but it does it about 60% of the time.

Yesterday, I woke up with a headache. Not so unusual, except it's kind of unusual. It's a dull aching located behind my left eye. It subsided to what is now a "fuzzy feeling", accompanied by substantial pressure .

I have been having a really hard time concentrating lately, and find myself frequently at a loss for words while having a conversation. I used to pride myself on my vocabulary, but frequently feel embarassed lately and feel like a babbling idiot.

I am not a hypochondriac, but after the weird headache started, I did some research on the internet, and found that all of the above symptoms could be due to brain tumors among other things.

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, and my sister in law is an MRI tech, so I'm going to go in for a scan ASAP, if for no other reason than to put my mind at rest.

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The eye twitching, could be Lid Myokema (I believe that's how it's spelled). Basically, the eye is strained (computers, TV, reading, needing new glasses) and you have either, a shitty sleep schedule, or you're not getting enough of it, or something.

Good nights rest for weeks on end, can cure the lid myokema (again, I believe that's what it's called, and how it's spelled).

I hope you're alright.