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I can't help but think I have a brain tumour!!

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rachel18350
rachel18350

I suffer with gad and hypochondria but for the past 6 months I can't help but think I have a brain tumour and it hasn't been found! I've had blood work done and it's all clear and my doctor has assured me many times that I don't have one so why do I keep thinking I have one?? It's like I'm not going to accept I don't have one until I get ct scan which my doctor is refusing to refer me too, someone give me some reassurance please 

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  • carole28488
    carole28488 rachel18350

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    Rachel:  I would be willing to bet a pay check that you do NOT have a brain tumor...Brain scans are very expensive, and tumors take on a lot of symptoms beside headaches...I urge you to listen to what your doctor says, and put it out of your mind that you have a tumor...I can almost guarantee the symptoms will go away, and the thoughts of having one, as soon as you ignore them...HUGS.
  • emily52713
    emily52713 rachel18350

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    I'm exactly the same as you!! The thought never goes away, I wake up with the thought and go to bed with it. I've had numerous eye tests and doctors appointments but they will not give me a scan either! And like you I think that they haven't noticed it. Maybe ask if you can be referred to  pedriatocs ? Then they will give you a full check ove. Best wishes x
    • carole28488
      carole28488 emily52713

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      I still believe that your doctors are right...those tests are very expensive.  If they had even a thought that you had a brain tumor they would have already run the tests....Just try to say to yourself...It is not a tumor!!
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