Women Are Sharing Times A Doctor Dismissed Their Concerning Symptoms As “Normal”

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“I was having debilitating headaches daily. I would feel the pain start in my head, and that was a warning that I had maybe 45 minutes before I would throw up and pass out. My PCP assured me that it was just migraines and gave me a prescription…”

“…The medication worked to prevent the headache from worsening to the point of being sick, but I was only allowed 13 pills per month. There was no way of me getting enough for every day, but “that’s ok, because no one has migraines every day.”I finally went for an eye exam, thinking that maybe eye strain was causing the headaches. The optometrist dilated my pupils and, in a shocked voice, said, ‘WOW! Your optic nerves are seriously swollen!’ 

They referred me to an ophthalmologist, who took one look at my eyes and scheduled me for an MRI the next night. The ophthalmologist read the results of the MRI before I was even home and had me call him at his home number so that he could tell me that I had a giant mass in my brain. I was in the hospital the next morning and had my first surgery that night, barely 24 hours after having an MRI. I lived in agony, afraid to make any plans or leave my house for a year because I didn’t want to risk getting sick or passing out while driving. All I needed was an MRI to diagnose a BRAIN TUMOR.”

—bmason214