Ever been too afraid to visit the doc?

Supercell

A few months ago i started getting headaches.
I visited the doc and she sent me for blood tests which I did but haven't visited the doc since (ignored voice mails).
I have since then gotten into cycling a but and have lost a fair bit of weight as a result, however..

Now am getting dizzy spells, every time i stand up from sitting i get really dizzy..so much so that it has to be done slow because i'm afraid i'll fall over otherwise.

Ironic thing is if I get blotto ..next day i can can up with only slight dizziness..i guess hangovers raise blood pressure or something.

Ok here's the PI bit.
I'm convinced that ive got a brain tumer squeezing a vein in my head somewhere causing the dizziness and the headaches before (in my head the cycling has caused my heart to get fitter causing blood to be more oxeginated ..thus no headaches).
I'm utterly terrified of visiting the doc, yet i know it really is something I should do.
Am I alone feeling like this?
I hate visiting the doc and am convinced that they are going to send me for a mri and will be told I need brain surgery leading me to be a vegetable or that I've six months tops to live because the cancer is rampant

Captain Slow IRL

What's wrong with you?! Go back to the doctor and find out what's wrong with you - it could be something simple like a dietary deficiency and you're getting wound up over nothing.

If it is something major, you want it seen to asap.

TheZohanS

See your doctor.

You might just have high blood pressure which can be caused by stress.

Imagining you have a brain tumour will only increase stress.

Lollipops23

erm sorry to break it to you but if you ARE sick, not going to the doc ain't gonna change it. get down there now and find out for sure.

metrovelvet

See the doctor. Then see the shrink. Paranoia is bad for your health.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Yea definately go back to the doctor, bring a friend with you and see if that helps. Bloodtests freak me out too, but you need to know what the story is.

If it was something serious, I think you would be getting letters from the HSE or your doc, maybe even a visit?

Just go to the doc ASAP... pwease?

Victor

Supercell wrote: »

I'm convinced that ive got a brain tumer squeezing a vein in my head somewhere causing the dizziness and the headaches before (in my head the cycling has caused my heart to get fitter causing blood to be more oxeginated ..thus no headaches).

But I thought that you already worked out that is was iffy blood pressure?

For serious matters, even doctors aren't allowed self-diagnose. Self-diagnosis has the serious problem of a lack of proper perspective, in you case headache = cancer. This is the example I usually use when people come on here making self-diagnosis.

Now, at the same time, I realise that you are worried. As Iamxavier suggests, why not talk this over with a friend (or family member) as stage one and then, if you want, ask tehm to accompany you to the doctor's office.

Now that said, sometimes, rarely it does turn out to be something serious. However, early intervention usually means a less invasive remedy - pills intead of injections or injections instead of surgery, etc.

I had a kidney stone about 6 months ago and had two MRIs - not much more complicated than sitting in front of a fussy professional photographer for a few minutes.

anonymous_joe

Ehm, I can sympathise. My ex-girlfriend used to have an undiagnosed medical condition, (now diagnosed not-fatal but uncurable) and she absolutely loathed going to the doctor, even when she needed to. Partially it was fear, and also, it would leave her very depressed, because they wouldn't know what was wrong, but there aer times it was necessary. I used to make her go, and it always benefited her.

So, can I suggest, take a deep breath, and force yourself to go.

dlofnep

Go see the doctor buddy. I doubt it's a brain tumour. Probably high blood pressure. You could have diabetes. Could be a number of things..

kerash

Supercell wrote: »

A few months ago i started getting headaches.
I visited the doc and she sent me for blood tests which I did but haven't visited the doc since (ignored voice mails).
I have since then gotten into cycling a but and have lost a fair bit of weight as a result, however..

Now am getting dizzy spells, every time i stand up from sitting i get really dizzy..so much so that it has to be done slow because i'm afraid i'll fall over otherwise.

Ironic thing is if I get blotto ..next day i can can up with only slight dizziness..i guess hangovers raise blood pressure or something.

Ok here's the PI bit.
I'm convinced that ive got a brain tumer squeezing a vein in my head somewhere causing the dizziness and the headaches before (in my head the cycling has caused my heart to get fitter causing blood to be more oxeginated ..thus no headaches).
I'm utterly terrified of visiting the doc, yet i know it really is something I should do.
Am I alone feeling like this?
I hate visiting the doc and am convinced that they are going to send me for a mri and will be told I need brain surgery leading me to be a vegetable or that I've six months tops to live because the cancer is rampant

Hi Supercell, I would say that you are not alone in feeling like that.
Lots of people feel just like you, fearing the worse when a health issue arises.
There is a solution to your fears and that is go to the doctor! And while you're there explain to your doc all the worries that have been on your mind.
Maybe the physicality of actually attending an appointment is a major fear factor for you, if so explain to a friend or family member how you're feeling and ask them to come along with you.

I wish you the best of luck and hope you feel better soon.:)

The absolute, very worst that can happen, is that you'll find out for certain you have cancer.


Now don't get me wrong, i dont wish cancer on you or anything, but if it were me, i'd rather KNOW i had cancer, than be constantly guessing about it.


Do yourself a favour, go see the doctor

togster

OP i had the very same thing. Headaches. blurry vision, dizziness. Turns out i worried myself into it, it was stress. GO TO THE DOCTOR

CDfm

Poor you - what an awful dilemma

You know what you are doing isnt logical but for whatever reason have picked up on a tumour as a reason for your headaches. Thats very stressful.There could be a family history or something that leads you to think like this -but nonetheless its unlikely for all the reasons in the world for headaches that you have a tumour..

What I would suggest is one of 2 approaches - if you feel upto it just call your GP and make an appointment for a routine check-up. So its just a check -up. and you can do that and tell the receptionist you are making the appointment because of headaches.

Do you have any close friends or family member-If you cant do that by yourself - get a friend to go with you. If you have a best friend or family member - just explain to them is that youve been getting headaches and are afraid to go on your own in case the diagnosis is bad,

You are not the only person in the world with doctor phobias and you wont be the last so dont beat yourself up over it.

Supercell

Thanks, I'm going to visit my doc tomorrow.

metaoblivia

OP, I have the same tendency as you. If I'm scared of something, my inclination is to simply avoid it. I can really pysche myself out when it's time to go to the doctor. In fact, I was going through something similar last month. I had a benign breast tumor a few years ago that got removed, and a new one had developed. I got myself all worked up over it, imagined the worst possible scenarios.
But I got someone to talk me down and I made the doctor's appointment and I went. And you know what? It was fine. Nothing remotely similar to worst case scenario happened. I just got my results the other week - I had almost completely forgotten about the visit by then - and everything was alright.
It's really scary to confront things that a virtually out of your control, but do it. It's almost never as scary as we make it out to be in our minds.

zxcvbnm1

I id the same before. I found a lump. Let it go for months.

Convinced myself it was cancer. Starting thinking that i was feeling weak and all that - fet the lumo was the epicentre of all my worries.

Eventually went to teh doc - at this point i genuinely fully expected him to tell me it was cnacer.
It was very much a case of 'How long have i got doc?'.

Turns out it was just a hernia.
The rest of the symptoms were from worry which disappeared straight away once i found put it was a hernia.

G&T

Good for you,

I suffer from low blood pressure
which also causes these symptoms:)

Big*hug*

Stheno

Supercell wrote: »

Ok here's the PI bit.
I'm convinced that ive got a brain tumer squeezing a vein in my head somewhere causing the dizziness and the headaches before (in my head the cycling has caused my heart to get fitter causing blood to be more oxeginated ..thus no headaches).
I'm utterly terrified of visiting the doc, yet i know it really is something I should do.
Am I alone feeling like this?
I hate visiting the doc and am convinced that they are going to send me for a mri and will be told I need brain surgery leading me to be a vegetable or that I've six months tops to live because the cancer is rampant

Hey, a few years ago, I had headaches, involuntary twitching in my arms and legs, plus a few other symptoms.

Ignored it as long as I could, then went to the doc, who sent me to a neurologist, who frightened the living bejasus out of me with a pile of tests for everything from MS to a brain tumor.


Anyway I had a pile of tests over about a six week period, was a blinking virus caused by stress after all the tests.

Go see the doc, and take it one bit at a time, you'll feel so much better regardless of what it is, once you deal with it.

Best of luck!

star-pants

Supercell wrote: »

Thanks, I'm going to visit my doc tomorrow.

Best idea
Thing is you can work stuff up in your head so much that you fear all sorts, but nothing can be fixed unless you know what it is. As you mentioned, could be simply blood pressure. The more you know, the more in control you can be.

dudara

Thread closed.

OP, you went to the doctor, and received voicemails which you then ignored.

GO TO THE DOCTOR.

dudara