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I'm worried about a brain tumor. (i've posted many times before.)?
First of all I'm a 21 year old male who is overall healthy. I've worried for years that I've had a brain tumor because I'm a hypo and I have a lot of medical anxiety. About a year ago I had double vision which came and went for a month or so. I haven't experienced it since. Now I was recently diagnosed with DVT and PE which is now under control and monitoring with warfarin. Since I'm young, I asked about cancer and now I have an MRI scheduled. I've been nauseas lately and i get lightheaded but I'm unsure if thats anxiety, coumadin, or something related to DVT. I have a few questions which stem from too much time looking around on the internet.
1) Do brain tumor symptoms come and go?
2) Would my double vision be worse?
3) How long can a tumor go without being diagnosed?
I'm nervous to get the results from my MRI. I keep thinking about the future and the things I haven't accomplished. Please help calm my anxiety.
I should also say that when the double vision occurred, I did a "fish bowl" eye exam at the eye doctor and it showed that everything was normal with my vision and that nothing was pressing on the nerve
5 Answers
- MarkLv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
I've seen many patients with brain tumors. Some are benign and some invade or spread rapidly. If the tumor is affecting your vision, it will steadily grow worse unless you did something that allowed for more room inside your skull, like taking corticosteroids, which it sounds like is not something that's been done for you.
Your propensity to clot is more worrisome than any slow growing tumor is, and that is what you should be trying to take care of. Whatever the predisposing factors are, you should be focusing your energies on eliminating those rather than wasting them on imagined illnesses. If you are fixating on brain tumors, you should probably go talk to a psychotherapist about your anxiety.
- khole12Lv 78 years ago
Yes symptoms can come and go. U r very wise to try to find out through med test b4hand. I had a stroke and my physicians feared it was brain cancer. That's why they gave me every med test their was and triple checked it. How long can a brain tumor go undiagnosed? Sometimes they never find it b4 it's to late. Sometimes they spot it right awa. I never had the symptom of double vision so I can't help you there. If you want my layperson, first aid opinion, I think bcause u r taking medication that that's why u r having the nauseous feelings its certainly not because you r preg!
In short, bcause you r scheduled for an mri, it should catch whatever is in ur brain, but you can stil have naughty thoughts. Please.
Source(s): first aider fitness and nutrition acreditted degree stroke survivor but doc thought I had brain cancer. Docs can misdiagnose so you need to help them make the correct diagnoses! - ?Lv 78 years ago
1) Stop looking on the internet. It's not a doctor, and you aren't qualified to diagnose yourself - even doctors know better than to diagnose themselves without tests.
2) It could be something as simple as anxiety, or a side effect of one of your meds.
3) The likelihood that you have several serious conditions at such a young age are next to nil.
Take a deep breath, exhale, repeat.
Just hold out until the doctor can speak with you.
- TavyLv 78 years ago
I know 2 Adults (Friends who have died from Brain Cancer) in their 50s.
Symptoms do NOT come and go. Once the tumour presses on a vital part the problems stay.
None of your symptoms have anything to do with a brain tumour. I will not relate what problems they had as you will then be looking for them, but believe me they came on quick and were severe. You are suffering from anxiety.
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- MattLv 78 years ago
You have some real medical conditions, and you are under a doctor's care, so don't obsess over brain cancers, and deal with what you really have.