Well, that’s gonna have grabbed the attention of all the RSSers, innit. I don’t have one, to be clear from the outset.
But I do have a headache I’ve had for nine days now.
I’ve had the headache on working days and weekends. Days I’ve had a drink and sober days. Days working with computers, days not working computers. I’ve even had it on the day when I didn’t have coffee for breakfast. I only found this out because I ran out of coffee, it’s not like I chose not to have coffee.
I don’t always have it first thing in the morning, but it comes back in the afternoons, and is always there by bedtime.
It’s unlikely to be a brain tumour, and is more likely attributable to stress, caffeine, lifestyle or diet.
It’s not the worst headache I’ve ever had, nor is it even slightly debilitating. It’s just annoying.
But I’ve still being roleplaying conversations with the doctor whilst driving home at the dead of night.
“You have a malignant, inoperable brain tumour, Mr Foster.”
(Play it cool, play it cool)
“Oh, really? Never mind.”
My concerns would be: will it hurt? How much care will I need? How long have I got
And crucially, will I be bed-bound or can I quickly cancel the kitchen plans and spend the money buggering off on the holiday of a lifetime?
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Presumably you are going to get it checked out though?
I’m hoping Dr Nick will pass by shortly 🙂
It’s more likely to be eye strain than anything nasty – when did you last have an eye test? It’s best to get these things checked out, so get thee to a GP, young Niles!
Bah! Eye test was eep – March?! feels like yesterday!
Beloved dorter and I have both been suffering from permanent headaches for days, yea, months.. I’ve always put it down to winter and the climate here disagreeing with us. It’s v probably fatigue (she sleeps less and less) and hormones (she’s having massive growth spurts, eating loads and still thin as a rake and I believe “growing pains” exist in her generation as much as they did in mine!) in her case and rsi on the whole of my right side, as well as stress and hormones at the other end of the spectrum, in mine. But boy, do we have the whole brain tumour thing going here. Taken dorter to doctor and opthalmologist, next stop, osteo. And I’ve got shares in Panadol..
We’re still counting Smarts, though!
Hope you feel better soon, as Neil says, get thee to a doctor pronto, young man!
Eeep eep, that sounds bad, Gumrat!
Off to count me blessings.
Sorry couldnt help but notice your blog on the web and had to drop by. I have a brain tumour myself and I am 27. Can I strongly recomend that you see your doctor, jokes asside you never know how serious something like that can be its always best to check it out.
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