Brain Tumour or am I jumping too far too soon?

So I have had a headache for about a month now, mainly on the left of my head but sometimes spreading across my head. It feels worse in my neck, temple and behind my eye. I also got tingling in my arms sometimes. I was also getting a burning sensation around my eye. I put it all down to stress and anxiety but this wasn't going away so I went to the doctor for reassurance and thinking maybe I had a trapped nerve. I'm currently waiting on blood tests and have nose spray as I did have a retracted eardrum, but I went to the opticians in the meantime due to the eye pain and they want me to see a specialist as my nerve looks slightly raised in one of my eyes (I've read this can be from pressure of a brain tumour) Since then my eyesight feels even worse but maybe it's because I'm focusing on it. I still have this headache and I just generally feel so stressed and not myself. My head hurts especially around temple, eyebrow amd neck on left and I feel slightly dizzy and "off". I have completely completely convinced myself that it's a brain tumour and now I feel like it's just downhill from here :( I've had such an awful few years I'm not ready for something else bad. Please help. Whether it's your experience with a tumour and being ok or something I just....I just feel doomed and not right.

 

For context I'm 22, female. 

 

Just want to add I'm really sorry I know I'm just worrying about it and nothing is confirmed but I really thought they'd find nothing and suddenly they've found this nerve that looks wrong and are doing blood tests and it's really shaken me. I do have health anxiety but I'm usually pretty good at being logical and I will take what a doctor says well but this is suddenly not going how I'd hoped aha

  • Hi, 

    I feel so bad for you as I've been experiencing pressure headaches and it all goes  into my neck and even my  back.. I get  dizziness and pins and needles tingling in my legs and sometimes arms. I've had this for 2 months and I'm getting blood tests on Wednesday im so scared of what the results will be .

    I also have really bad health anxiety and im convincing myself it's a brain tumour it's making me miserable! 
     

    I hope you find out your results soon ! Let me know 

  • Hey! I'm sorry to hear you're having the same thing. I'm also miserable and just want to know what I'm dealing with. It's exhausting me. I will update with anything as it comes. Same for you! Goodluck with everything. 

  • I'd rather know even though I don't want to if that makes sense ? 
    I can't put my mind on anything else I'm so scared .

    when did you get your blood tests done? 
    thank you 

     

  • Totally get you, it's all I'm bloody thinking about. Waiting is the worst part because you can't think of anything but doom and have no direction. I got mine done on Friday and they expect a GP to have viewed them by Thursday so until then I will just be trying, and probably failing, to stay calm haha.

  • Hi how are you?

    have you heard anything sooner from your tests?

    I just had my bloods taken today they said I should hear back by Friday I'm petrified ! I can't think straight I'm out of my mind with worry .

     

    how are you with the waiting ? They told me to try and stay calm but I feel like it's impossible x

  • I have been awful while waiting haha. I was told results should be in today but probably not viewed until a GP tomorrow so. I am pondering whether to wait for them to contact me or reach out. I've been so stressed I've become a bit numb to it all at this point but I feel so ill

  • I don't even know how they'll see for a brain tumour in the bloods but I just feel it's going to be bad .

     

    if they don't contact you tomorrow maybe you should reach out? .. 

    I guess no news is good news though if they found something urgent I'm sure they'd ring, that's what I'm scared of .. x

  • Yes I'll call tomorrow if I hear nothing.  She said she was checking my inflammatory markers but my bigger concern is my eye appointment to be honest.

  • I went to the opticians too about a month ago I was long sighted in my left eye they did a brain test with me and they said behind my eyes seemed fine but I'm still convinced .

     

    how's your dizziness do you still get it ? I get it basically Everyday, like the feeling when your drunk and kind of spinning .

    it scares  me so much when the dizziness comes x

  • Yes I do get dizzy but that tends to br from anxiety and panic.

    Blood test results are clear so whatever is happening is likely less dramatic than my mind has made it out to be luckily. Its CRAZY what stress and anxiety can do to you honestly. I am hoping now moving forward there shall just be more confirmation. I am still in pain and stressed about it all but hopefully there's a less dramatic explanation. I hope the same for you xx