Hello, my name is Patrick Owers. recently over the past month or so, I have had ongoing headaches and facial twitches, they started off minor, nothing too distressing, however as the weeks progressed. new symptoms started to appear.
I now feel extremely dizzy, my tongue has a weird dry bitter taste in my mouth, I get ringing ears on occasion. I feel sick to my stomach, my arms and legs feel like jelly. I can't walk in a straight line. My speech is all stuttery and I can't even talk properly on occasions because the words just won't come to my mouth. I'll even forget simple words I knew previously with ease. I also can't read things properly, like I will finish the sentence with what my mind thinks it says but then ill get it wrong and its so frustrating, and just generally my eyes are out of fcous, and I can't focus on what I'm doing because of this anymore.
I also get CONSTANT muscle spasms or twitching sensations on the skin, like small twitches of the muscles only visible by looking at certain areas of the skin, doctors haven't seen them yet because they can come and go at any point. also, at night when I try and sleep, my brain will zap my heart and jolt me awake, and this happens every time I try and sleep.
I also get severe stomach cramps and bouts of sickness, especially in the mornings. and I will sweat excessively for no reason. I will also feel things on my skin that aren't there, like a spider is crawling on my skin.
Oh, and I also get the classic headache symptoms, like a pressure pain my temple area and the back of my head, that seems to radiate from the lumps, and guess what? it's worse in the mornings!
I have also felt the back of my head and felt several lumps. surely you understand my concerns here.
I feel easily agitated, I'm always yelling at my family, telling them to help me get the doctors to do tests to make sure it's nothing like a brain tumor, better to be safe than sorry, I keep telling them.
I eventually got heeded and referred to a neurologist who, in turn, said exactly the same things as the 20 other doctors I've seen. did a neuro examination, ll my motor skills, reflexes, eyes, muscle strength were okay, he didn't test my speech however or my memory. he has sent me for a brain scan which I have to wait 2 weeks for, which is something that I am having trouble coming to terms with.
I am considering going private, I am not getting the results I need. my Out-of-hours GP understands my concerns and recommends it and this way, I can get the scan done straight away.
I am 21 years old with no previous history of health problems, or anything that runs in the family. relatively healthy, slim, very fit and active, in university in Leeds and then soon as I get home this kicks off.
I did have a head injury back in 2007 when I banged my head off the oven in my house and my mum said she could see bone, but that was glued back together and nothing happened after that.
But on occasions, I would get a burning smell in my nose, I would get stuttered speech and balance issues, but they would subside and never come back, but now its like all the symptoms that were there before have came back in a big cluster of symptoms that are just ruining my life!
Any advice or helpful tips to tell me? I know brain tumors/cancer is very rare at my age, less than 1% chance apparently. but what I do want to know is whats the general prognosis for a brain tumor? I know it depends on the location but with current technology and current knowledge of the conditions, would it be a good prog or bad?
I am really working myself up here, and I just want this to go away and be done with so I can live my life again, if this continues I can kiss university goodbye! It's THAT bad.