hi all
This may be long but I need some insight from others who can understand since my friends and family do not. Let me start off with some back story- in 2013 I was rear ended on the freeway and suffered some neck/back/jaw injuries. My C2 vertebrae got misaligned in the accident and I never had it repaired. I also have terrible TMJ in my jaw now that always causes headaches. Anyway,about a year ago I bent over to pick up my son and noticed a pressure feeling in my head almost at the base of my skull on the right side. It doesn't hurt or anything, just the pressure feeling sometimes when I bend over and that's the only time I notice it. Of course literally the FIRST thing that popped into my mind was a brain tumor. I had to keep talking myself out of it and finally kind of forgot about it since I only feel it sometimes when I bend over. Well over the last few months my eye sight in just my right eye has gotten way worse. I can see perfectly fine up close but far away is so blurry I can only read about 10 feet in front of me without my glasses through my right eye. I went to an ophthalmologist and he said my eyes looked healthy and I just had an astigmatism in my right eye (I have noticed I can see better when I'm outside in the light) but that was about 9 months ago and my eye sight has definitely gotten worse so first thing that comes to mind is brain tumor. I try to talk myself out of it constantly but over the last few weeks it has been debilitating to the point where I know my body is tricking itself into feeling other symptoms. For example the last few days I'll randomly get light headed. I know that can be a big anxiety thing but of course with my mind all I can think of is something wrong with my brain. Has anyone had this problem? I so many times have wanted to go to the dr just to be cleared from my worries but I'm also absolutely terrified that they will tell me something is actually wrong. I just don't know how to live like this anymore
This may be long but I need some insight from others who can understand since my friends and family do not. Let me start off with some back story- in 2013 I was rear ended on the freeway and suffered some neck/back/jaw injuries. My C2 vertebrae got misaligned in the accident and I never had it repaired. I also have terrible TMJ in my jaw now that always causes headaches. Anyway,about a year ago I bent over to pick up my son and noticed a pressure feeling in my head almost at the base of my skull on the right side. It doesn't hurt or anything, just the pressure feeling sometimes when I bend over and that's the only time I notice it. Of course literally the FIRST thing that popped into my mind was a brain tumor. I had to keep talking myself out of it and finally kind of forgot about it since I only feel it sometimes when I bend over. Well over the last few months my eye sight in just my right eye has gotten way worse. I can see perfectly fine up close but far away is so blurry I can only read about 10 feet in front of me without my glasses through my right eye. I went to an ophthalmologist and he said my eyes looked healthy and I just had an astigmatism in my right eye (I have noticed I can see better when I'm outside in the light) but that was about 9 months ago and my eye sight has definitely gotten worse so first thing that comes to mind is brain tumor. I try to talk myself out of it constantly but over the last few weeks it has been debilitating to the point where I know my body is tricking itself into feeling other symptoms. For example the last few days I'll randomly get light headed. I know that can be a big anxiety thing but of course with my mind all I can think of is something wrong with my brain. Has anyone had this problem? I so many times have wanted to go to the dr just to be cleared from my worries but I'm also absolutely terrified that they will tell me something is actually wrong. I just don't know how to live like this anymore
