Freaking out again....ears/brain

[ryn079]

Good evening,
Im freaking out again. Got my right ear which has been feeling randomly full for the past 3 years. Now, during the last month, I've been having my left ear feeling moist, and is moist indeed. Went to doc a couple of weeks ago who had a look inside my ear and said it was eczema, but I'm so afraid it is brain cancer. I also have itchy eyes, one time is my left eye and another time it's my right one. I also have slight tinnitus when I am alone in a silent room.

I'm going mad.

 

[Phillies Phan]

The only brain tumor that affects the ear is called an acoustic neuroma and it’s benign and incredibly rare. 1 in 100,000 a year. For what it’s worth it’s totally treatable (but that’s not what you have). You’ll continue to “go mad” until you accept the reality of what happened, and trust your physicians. I’ve read numerous posts and articles including family members who have had cancer. After a while they just go about their lives. It is true and normal that when routine checkup time comes around, they’re nervous for the week leading up to it, and then until that get the all clear. Then back to normal life.

As you know the checkups gradually become further apart and eventually stop once enough time has passed.

 

[Sloth54]

That doesn’t sound at all like brain cancer. That is just your mind creating fear which is not based on reality. Tinnitus in the ear is an extremely common thing. I have it permanently in my left ear and I am just so used to it that I barely hear it anymore. Yes, I also hear it in a quiet room but I turn on my white noise to block it out . Itchy eyes is a sign of either dry eyes or allergies. They both have remedies to control them. No big deal. So really you need to calm down your mind. You’re not going crazy. You are just full of fear. Find out what the doctor wants you to do about the eczema. And relax. Listen to some meditations for anxiety on YouTube. Take care.

 

[ryn079]

Thanks for finding time to reply. I really appreciate it. Got a CT scan next Wednesday....hoping for the best.

 

[MARCC]

My physician told me the typical first sign of brain cancer are seizures. Don't be too hard on yourself about how you deal with a cancer diagnosis as everyone handles things differently and no one knows how they will react until it happens to them. Years ago I went through a divorce from my first wife and it was tough. A few people told me, we know what you must be going through. I said you can't know unless you went through a divorce yourself.