I'm a 2yr 3 mo craniotomy survivor of an unruptured aneurysm. Never had any headaches. Well, not anything worth describing. Except the other day I was standing outside in the cold during a Habitat House dedication. Everything was normal except for occasional shivers that I could feel were tightening my neck muscles. During a photo shoot I took my hat off and it felt like someone hit the back of my head with a bat. Instant headache. Unlike any I've had before. I thought 'damn, I can't die in this new house or I'll be haunting the place' so I made my way slowly to my car. Then prayed I wouldn't pass out on the road. I made it home, took Advil, slept and it was gone. Only my neck muscles are bruised.
I am now wide eyed. I'm quietly panicking that my clip has shifted or there's a family of aneurysms growing in my head or or or. My neurosurgeon moved to AZ but referred me to someone nearby. I've decided not to go. I know it sounds stupid but although I can't explain that sudden whack, I think it may have something to do with the cold and tight neck muscles. I haven't had another headache since then (2 days ago) but figured if I do then I'll go in. I think what sucks about having been sick is that even the slightest thing makes you panic.
So I'm here to ask if any of this sounds familiar to anyone?
Many of us have talked about the impact on our body temp...mine hit my left body...and, my MD sent me in for EEG to check for seizures (which it wasn't)... A hubby member in UK some years back told us his wife's doc told him her body temp was in/related to, the hypothalamus area...One member in "warm" country...90 degrees...still had the body temp trembling issue...
My reactions to cold is one of the reasons I stopped doing things...like my annual theater tickets...it was tooo difficult to walk a block or two to my car at the end of the play...during the winter...Worse, last week, I called my dealer service ...as the "high" on my seat heater is staying at low...all these little things...so aggravating....
Do ask your doc(s)...please do not wait too long...to ask your doc(s) about appropriate testing(s)...since there could be differences in causes...
Do not... ....I mean DO NOT be thinking yourself a hypochondriac.
For many years I had some weird things happening. I was given all sorts of labels, hypochondriac was one of them, crazy was another. My temperature was all over the place, 30 degree day and I'd be wearing a heavy winter jacket, I was cold. There were many signs something was wrong but because the dr's had given me (and my file) such a label things were not investigated. By the time they were looked at it had become an emergency situation. The dr's came into my hospital room like "ohh look what we found..." like it was a BIG surprise. I'd been telling them things weren't right but no one listened.
If you have concerns, don't be writing them off, follow them up. Sure the dr's may comeback and say "all is fine" but honestly, only you can know when all is fine. Due to my past experience with some right stuck up medical professionals I now stand my ground. They are dr's not gods, often their own egos can inflate them to the stature of gods, but don't let them. They do have knowledge, to that I agree, but they do not know it all. Go elsewhere if you can, get a 2nd opinion.
Merl...my 2nd opinion neuro-gods had their "patient relations" terminate me as a patient..
Then...someday...I will tell you about the 3rd opinionators...
and, my recent pseudo-humor (dilbertonian) of my finally realizing what a vascular neurologist was/is...
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Merl said:
Do not... ....I mean DO NOT be thinking yourself a hypochondriac.
For many years I had some weird things happening. I was given all sorts of labels, hypochondriac was one of them, crazy was another. My temperature was all over the place, 30 degree day and I'd be wearing a heavy winter jacket, I was cold. There were many signs something was wrong but because the dr's had given me (and my file) such a label things were not investigated. By the time they were looked at it had become an emergency situation. The dr's came into my hospital room like "ohh look what we found..." like it was a BIG surprise. I'd been telling them things weren't right but no one listened.
If you have concerns, don't be writing them off, follow them up. Sure the dr's may comeback and say "all is fine" but honestly, only you can know when all is fine. Due to my past experience with some right stuck up medical professionals I now stand my ground. They are dr's not gods, often their own egos can inflate them to the stature of gods, but don't let them. They do have knowledge, to that I agree, but they do not know it all. Go elsewhere if you can, get a 2nd opinion.
Hypochondriac??? I don’t think so. Call the new doctor, it’s a nice way to meet him or her. And let us know what’s going on. A lot of people are affected by temperature here, it would be nice to hear what’s going on. In the meantime, breathe and know I’m sending you a big old hug!
Hey thanks for the information and feedback everyone. I went to see a local doctor who pretty much scolded me for waiting three days to go in. I told him the headache went away so I figured it was fine. He said I had to take precautions regardless. So he wouldn't let me go home until I took a CT scan which came out good. Wants me to do an MRI but I drew the line there. I have visions of my clip getting sucked out of my head! lol But we'll see. Now I know how much it sucks that my neuro moved. I'm not sure who to ask for guidance.
Hi! lots of variables as to why. Mine is a sinus infection, when i cough its like a rusty dagger stab. I woke to this extreme pain and i couldnt stop coughing, it was 4 am. My bro-in-law woke at 5 and asked me if i wanted to go to er, i said no cough cough owww!!! ok i go, by the time he got the kids up to drive me i felt better, went to dr later when it returned badly, feeling better day2 of antibiotics, i hope you are doing ok, tc xoxo
Ohh do I hear you loud and clear, my initial surgeon was the one who terminated me as his patient when I started asking question. Seems they don't like being quizzed. My closest city is not huge and the neuro community is very small. You start asking questions of the dr's ( as I did ) and boy, does word travel fast.
Again, it seems, I can offend people (dr's) without even trying....lol....Hell, I can only imagine the result if I'd actually tried to offend them. They can negate how the patient is feeling by putting it all back on us and that seems to be OK. But by hell, you try and put it back on them and you'll get a huge bloody reaction. And not a positive one either. I, now, have a decent PCP, if I need to see a dr I go see him first. If he wants to follow things up, then fine, I'll follow through. But if I can avoid the specialists , I do. I can be my own worst critic, I do not need them to add to my load.
hi all, Ive been a/ called a hypochondriac my whole life, and have always been fearful of my bodily sensations, and dying ultimately, now that I truly have something serious happening family members respond differently, my son initially was deeply moved sad and frightened, then he has not phoned again, and I feel that he has gotten input of "oh thats your mom, you know shes a hypochondriac" glad to be on this site for validation and support, the best to all of you, and myself, Ellie