For the last several years, I have been dealing with headaches ... and trying to get to the source of them. We started with allergies and sinus as the probably culprit, so about a year and a half ago, I met with an allergist. The allergist confirmed I live with my top two allergens (cats and dust), tweaked my over-the-counter meds I was on, and gave a few other suggestions. Then, he suggested a CT Scan and a visit to the ENT. The CT Scan went okay. It showed the ENT that I could benefit from sinus surgery. However, she was also perplexed by my complaints about my hearing loss in my left ear. She suggested the surgery to help relieve the sinus pressure headaches. But she wondered if my hearing loss might be caused by a tumor. Tumor is never a word you want to hear your doctor suggest. Not even if she assures you it's benign. There were definite tears.
She wanted to do an MRI back then, but my insurance would only cover one scan a year, and I'd just had the CT. We decided to wait, though I did go ahead and do the surgery. And let me tell you, I've had far less sinus headaches, not to mention problems with breathing even when sick, since then. That being said, in the last six months, I started having some dizzy spells. We're talking unable to function dizziness. Out of nowhere. I went in back a few months ago and talked her about it, but she wasn't sure the cause and reminded me we still hadn't done the MRI. Okay. It was time. Time to face the fear I'd pushed to the back of my mind (where the possible tumor was), and get some answers. I had the MRI a few weeks ago. According to my ENT, it shows my brain is "perfect." I can appreciate that. It also showed NO TUMOR! So, we still don't know what caused my hearing loss or my dizziness, but a huge weight was lifted from my shoulders that I don't think I fully realized was even there. When you carry around a worry, even one you've pushed from the forefront of your mind, it affects all sorts of things in your life. And I think, inadvertently, the idea of the tumor was stressing me out. Have you ever carried around a worry about what might be and discovered for a fact that it wasn't? It's freeing. May all your worries prove to be for nothing just like mine did.
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