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Headaches since I was 16

Posted by mama31

I feel like ALL I ever say is...My head hurts! I have tried every type of drug I can think of! Would love to finally be rid of them! 15 years is too long!

Re: Headaches since I was 16

Posted by LuckyPookers

Hi. I'm sorry to hear about your headaches. I know exactly how you feel. I went through headaches/migraines ever since I was a little girl and now I am 24.... and still going through them. A few months ago (December) they started getting really bad and I felt that there was something very wrong. I decided to get an MRI done. I was prescribed medications before when I was younger that didn't work and really wasn't necessary, but never did the doctors think of giving me a scan which my mom had suggested. Well December was an interesting month for me. 5 days before my bday I took my MRI and later that day was told I had a colloid cyst in my brain... I went to Vegas to celebrate my bday, came back home and went to the hospital... Found out it was worse than that. I had a brain tumor. I'm not trying to scare you, but you should definitely go to the doctors to check it out! Suggest on a CT scan or MRI. I was admitted on Xmas eve, had my first surgery on the 28th and then a 2nd sometime after. They put a permanent VP shunt (a tube that helps fluid drain properly) and I am doing fine. I still have pains from time to time. PLEASE go get your head checked. They said I caught it just in time....only took me 23 yrs. Let be less for you if it is something serious. Good luck and I really hope it's not serious.

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