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I just got back from the walk-in clinic at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton, where I went about the headache that's been plaguing me on-and-off for the last seven days or so. It hasn't been that bad over the past couple of days - there have been a couple of mild twinges, including one this afternoon - but the fact that it's still there at all isn't normal. It's not there at all right now, though.
I told the doctor about it (including what I was doing when it first came on last Saturday night, just in case that was important), and also told him about the family history. (For those who skipped my last, overly long post - my father had a brain aneurysm about 22 years ago, which he survived, and my maternal aunt died of a brain tumor.) He examined the blood vessels in my eyes, felt my neck (as well as the glands behind my ears) and had me turn my head left, right, up and down, and said that it didn't look or sound like I had anything major to worry about. He mentioned when he first came into the room about taking my blood pressure, but when he came back in a few minutes later he didn't. I remembered as I was on my way out the door, so I went back to ask, and he said, "No, I don't need that." He just suggested taking regular over-the-counter meds if it bothers me again.
But just in case, he's making an appointment for me to have a CT scan, and will call this week to let me know when and where it will be done. He did say that the symptoms I described - first the drill-to-the-temple sensation, then the pain behind the eye, then the tight-belt-around-the-forehead feeling were all symptomatic of a muscular stress headache.
I hope that's all it is - I'll keep you all updated.
I told the doctor about it (including what I was doing when it first came on last Saturday night, just in case that was important), and also told him about the family history. (For those who skipped my last, overly long post - my father had a brain aneurysm about 22 years ago, which he survived, and my maternal aunt died of a brain tumor.) He examined the blood vessels in my eyes, felt my neck (as well as the glands behind my ears) and had me turn my head left, right, up and down, and said that it didn't look or sound like I had anything major to worry about. He mentioned when he first came into the room about taking my blood pressure, but when he came back in a few minutes later he didn't. I remembered as I was on my way out the door, so I went back to ask, and he said, "No, I don't need that." He just suggested taking regular over-the-counter meds if it bothers me again.
But just in case, he's making an appointment for me to have a CT scan, and will call this week to let me know when and where it will be done. He did say that the symptoms I described - first the drill-to-the-temple sensation, then the pain behind the eye, then the tight-belt-around-the-forehead feeling were all symptomatic of a muscular stress headache.
I hope that's all it is - I'll keep you all updated.
