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[elaine1]

I have been having some real nasty headaches. I wake with them and i cannot get out of bed, they make me sick all day long too. my dh has to keep having time off work, and my family is suffering because of thyem.

I have migraines, but these are much worse, i cannot keep anything down long enough to have an effect on them.

 

I went to the docs this morning and she wants me to see an neurologist, and have a cat scan to see what is happening. I also have to have blood tests and an eye examination.

 

I may not be in much, as i dont want to tempt fate with these headaches, they are terrible.

 

I will keep popping in though, keep your fingers crossed.

[barefoot wend]

Hope your GP or hospital manage to get this sorted for you really soon. It must be a complete nightmare for all of you.

 

Best wishes

 

Barefoot

[CarerQuie]

Oh dear,I hope that you get some answers to what is going on soon.Be kind to yourself and we'll hear from you when you feel able to pop in.I do hope that you feel much better soon.xx

[nellie]

Elaine <'>

 

You poor thing, I do hope you feel better soon and good luck with the tests.

 

Nellie

[mossgrove]

I hope everything goes OK.

 

Simon

[Suze]

ELAINE <'> <'> <'> ......hugs for you hope you get those tests done soon, please keep us posted let us know how you are.

[Amanda32]

Elaine1

Hope you feel much better soon and all goes well for you.... <'> <'> <'> <'> <'>

 

Take care

Amanda

Edited September 8, 2005 by Amanda32

[jomarie]

Good luck, I hope you're feeling better soon <'> <'> <'>

[helenl53]

Elaine, I hope it is nothing more than a nasty bug.

 

Lots of Hugs

 

HelenL

[TylersMum]

Hi Elaine,

 

I found out 4 weeks ago that I have a tumour on my pituitary gland. Its giving me blinding headaches but they are easily treatable and not life threatening, maybe thats what they suspect?

[phasmid]

Will keep everything crossed for you that this is nothing serious.

[Tez]

Elaine,

 

Keep us informed. Hope you get it sorted quickly and that you're feelingbetter soon.

[jools]

fingers crossed for you

[UltraMum]

Hope you get things sorted soon.

 

((((((Elaine))))))

[annie]

Thinking of you <'> <'>

 

Let us know how you get on.

 

Annie

<'>

[Ian Jordan]

You must see neurologist urgently with these symptoms.

[Viper]

Good luck and the very best wishes for you and your family.

 

<'> Viper.

[phasmid]

Went elsewhere and whilst surfing I remembered reading something recently about headaches. There is something called either 'Cyclic(al) headaches' or 'Waterfall headaches'. Mrs Phasmid and I read it as she used to suffer miagraine headaches so it was interesting. Can't remember what we read the article in. A google search might throw something up. We can remember it saying that some people get them so badly they cannot function, to break the cycle some people had to be knocked out in hospital.

[bid]

Elaine <'>

 

I do hope your health improves very soon <'>

 

Bid <'>

[Tez]

I have cluster headaches that are like these. The pain is centre behind the eye and it feels as though something is pushing it out. The pain is constant for about 4 hours and then relents abit for a few hours and then returns. This goes on for weeks. Painkillers don't touch it but sometimes the doctor administers oxygen which does sometimes help temporarily.

[phasmid]

Some information on here:

 

cluster headaches

 

Don't know how much of it will be relevent to you, but there might be something on here that could help.

[Tylers-mum]

Elaine. Will keep you in my thoughts. I hope these tests get to the root of the problem and that it is easily treatable!

 

((((HUGS))))

[raelien]

Im am so sorry to hear of your pain

 

My mother used to suffer with cluster headaches. I can sympathise

 

I do hope that you find an answer soon - theres nthing worse than not knowing. Please keep us updated - it sounds as if you have a lot of people here concerned for you - me included.

 

I realy hope everything goes well -

 

 

Hugs Rae

[raelien]

Im am so sorry to hear of your pain

 

My mother used to suffer with cluster headaches. I can sympathise

 

I do hope that you find an answer soon - theres nthing worse than not knowing. Please keep us updated - it sounds as if you have a lot of people here concerned for you - me included.

 

I realy hope everything goes well -

 

 

Hugs Rae

[lil_me]

Sorry to hear you've been feeling unwell, I've been getting bad headaches lately and the GP thinks its eye related and stress, he said 'Make opticians appointment as soon as possible' I said ' Are you paying ?' of course he wasn't, so I said I'll book one when I can afford to.

[lorryw]

Hi Elaine,

I hope everything goes well for you. Keep us posted.

Love Lorainexxxx

[Flora]

<'>

 

Hope you feel well soon.

 

Try not to worry, it could be stress (I once had 'cluster headaches' which sound a bit similar to your symptoms, I also get migraine and I'd say that the cluster headache thing was worse because it never ever went away... lasted for weeks went to docs, got some really strong pain killers and anti sickness pills and it eventually stopped.... just a thought).

 

Do hope all turns out ok.

 

Best wishes

 

Lauren <'>

[Brook]

Elaine, <'>

 

hope you get this sorted soon and start to feel better.

 

Brook <'>

[TuX]

Elaine,migraines can cause the nausea/sickness to.

[Kathryn]

Elaine

 

<'>

 

I hope you find out what's causing these and get the right treatment soon.

 

K

[baddad]

Don't know if this is helpful, but could maybe weather related...? I get a lot more sinus headaches/migraines in hot weather because (I think) of all the different pollutants & pollens floating about... If you've ever had sinus headaches, they feel like someone sticking an icepick through your eye. If you cough or sneeze, you think your head will split in half... Luckily I only get really bad ones rarely these days, but when i do the only cure is when i actually throw up - somehow it usually gets it gone.,.. Again, may be totally irrelevent, but food intolerances - particularly caffeine, dairy and chocolate - can cause serious headaches. Unusual weather patterns can mean that intake of certain foods goes up (more caffeine through i.e. cold cokes or just more coffee/tea; more dairy from similar sources and Ice cream etc), or in some cases mean you cut back... caffeine in particular can cause raging headaches as a withdrawal symptom.

Whatever the problem, hope you find some answers soon <'>

L&P

BD

[bluejean-genie]

Hi Elaine,

I hope you are feeling better soon. good luck with the tests.

[mrs q]

Good luck with your tests

[elaine1]

thank you for yr responses. i dont think theyre cluster headches cos my uncle had those and they were worse than mine, in that the pain is unbearable and they lasted for days. he used to bang his head against the wall in an effort to stop them.

 

after some research i think they may be due to arthritis in my neck, as i have had them after visintg the dentist and hairdressers, where pressure has been put on my neck, from the chair at a funny angel or the sink edge.

 

anyhoo, am going to the docs again on thursday, had the ye test and it was fine, no problems there,

[Tez]

Hi Elaine,

 

Just wondering how you are and whether the headaches have improved?