What does it feel like to have a brain tumour?

[LovesTVDx]

What would it feel like? It wouldn't feel like your brain is really tight would it? My brain feels really tight 😖

[nert73]

A man at my church died of one. He had a total of three seizures, I think. He was losing a bit of memory, he wasn't thinking right (hearing and seeing things; hallucinating), he got to the point of not being able to walk without help of some sort, he had weird cravings, he even kind of seemed like he had a cancerous form of Alzheimer's.

He needed hearing aids, he had horrible headaches, he had a hard time focusing his eyes, he mumbled and his speech wasn't good, he gained lots of weight, he wandered off on his own thinking he could do something by himself that he really needed help with.

So unless you have all that stuff going on, I think you're okay.

[LovesTVDx]

That sounds awful. I hope he is at peace now

[nert73]

It was a few years ago. I'm sure he's happy. I bet he's still at church and with his wife and with his children and grandsons.

[LovesTVDx]

Aww :-)

[nert73]

He loved that church. He was there every single Sunday until the tumor kept him either at home or at a hospital. He was there for every single gathering and he loved everyone there.

[Anonymous]

A relative of mine has a brain tumour. The Surgeon removed most of it, but can't remove part of it due to it resting on a nerve, it's too dangerous to remove. Symptoms vary from person to person, depending on which part of the brain the tumour covers. My relatives tumour covered her brain stem, so she was lucky to even survive the operation.

She never suffered any pain prior to her operation. Her symptoms were few. She went deaf in one ear, and kept loosing her balance.

[LovesTVDx]

I'm so sorry she went through that. I wish her all the best

[Opinion Owner]

Awe thank you!

[Colo93]

I lost a friend to brain cancer a few years back. he was 16! he was often vomiting, sometimes uncontrollably. slurred speech, and he sometimes passed out, he also had memory loss, all of which got worse. By the time he passed he couldnt speak, and he didn't know who any of his friends or family were. it was pretty horrible to watch him deteriorate in the way that he did

[LovesTVDx]

I'm so sorry 😞. I hope he is at peace

[Illusive_Man]

Nahh , it probably isn't brain tumor. No worries , but the "brain feels really tight" ... that's a bit of a vague description you mean like as if there's a pressure inside your head or something?

[LovesTVDx]

I feel pressure around the sides and the too of my head :-( it really aches and I've had it all day. I keep having them a lot recently too. I've always put it down to my messed up sleeping patterns though. I've looked up symptoms and I'm scared though because I have some of them 😞

[LovesTVDx]

I'm tired all the time too but again that might be due to my sleeping patterns lol

[Illusive_Man]

Do you happen to also haven't drunk that much of any caffeinated beverage as of late?

[LovesTVDx]

I've been having a lot of tea. I even had a whole cup of coffee yesterday and I hate coffee!

[Illusive_Man]

This will be like telling a bird not to fly or a fish not to swim (which the analogy kinda falls apart when you realize there are flightless birds or fish that walks... oh gees I am going on tangents again) .

But... how about try cutting back on the tea. Yes I know , I know.
High treason against Britain I know.

Drink more warm water , rehydrate a bit?

[LovesTVDx]

Maybe that's it then. I'm just dehydrated. I have hardly any water lol, so yeah... Wouldn't hurt to drink more :p

[Illusive_Man]

yeah and cut back on the tea a bit eh?
Caffeine is a diuretic. It dehydrates you , it thickens your blood, thick blood being rushed to your brain is never a good idea lol.

I am going through a bit of a caffeine issue myself as well lol

[Illusive_Man]

So no brain tumor , no worry eh?

[LovesTVDx]

Oh, I didn't know that. Thank you for all the advice :-) I drink so much diet coke too lol so that's orobably dehydrating me as well.
Hopefull no worries then! I might go to the doctors just incase though

[Illusive_Man]

Cheerio ;3

[Illusive_Man]

Cheerio x2

[sammy_31]

Personally I don't have experience but people who have them have tremendous headaches, I mean migraines really, head pressure, seizures, visual problems and could get problems with functioning and/or memory loss. It is the brain being affected you know.

[Joker-Beast]

If you hada brain tumour, your brain wouldn't feel tight. Depending it were it was, is depending on the symptoms, you most probably would have a severe headache, nausea, paralysis, blindness, etc.

I would think you are most probably suffering from anxiety. Thats a very common symptom of anxiety, your head feeling tight. You don't have a brain tumour, you would be in a lot of pain.

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Headaches, seizures, eye sight gets effected , short term memory loss,
head swelling , I had a MRI with contrast done which revealed no tumor
the MRI was of my brain.

[jjodllwedo]

im suffering from a brain tumor and this was the exact signs i had before the diagnos. still have then but ten times worse...

[LovesTVDx]

@jjodllwedo I am so sorry. I hope you get better

[Hans222]

You would certainly have symptoms, like problems with your speech, or hearing, vision, long- or short term memories or headaches.
Couldn't it be stress, what you describe?

[LovesTVDx]

Maybe, I didn't sleep all night on Monday because I had this big art deadline

[Hans222]

It's gonna be that for sure! If you'd feel pressure in your head due to a tumour you'd be in the intensive care, on a drain to remove the excess fluids from your brain and relieve the pressure!
Have a good night of sleep and you'll be feeling a lot better Alex :-)

[LovesTVDx]

Aw thank you Hans and thank you for your reassurance 😊

[Hans222]

You're welcome!
GAG is failing a bit for the moment, the "new" indication did not appear.
2 days ago I had the opposite, fake new message warning :-)

[spuitkaas]

I have two people nearby me with brain tumors. They're both gonna die. It must be horrible, my mother's friend can't walk anymore and can't do anything exciting.

[LovesTVDx]

I'm so sorry :-(

[DivaMonae]

Omg are you okay? None of us are doctors so we can't actually tell you you have to go find out what's wrong =(

[LovesTVDx]

Thanks for your concern 😊 I think I'm fine haha. Overreacting as usual lol

[Anonymous]

Omg stop Peg you have no brain tumor.
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[CommieDearest]

I don't think tightness of the brain is a symptom of a tumor... or a thing silly girl. You may just have a headache or be light headed. Do the cure all: Drink plenty of water and get some sleep.

Then see how you feel.

[PANDAmonium]

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[CommieDearest]

Hahaha

[XEmmaSigsX]

I highly doubt you have a brain tumour. If you did you'd be having seizures losing control of speech or movement and lack of eye sight. Still I'm sorry that you're worried:(

[Noboddy]

Rule 1, never look up your symptoms on the internet.

[thewanderingme]

WHAT! why not?

I do that all the time. lol

[bigsidharth]

well if its too much those people caNNOT walk on a stright line they autmaitcally move towards sides

[F-E-Miller]

The brain itself feels no pain, you probably just have a headache or are stressed :P

[been_waiting]

The brain itself cannot feel pain.

[been_waiting]

You would experience cognitive difficulties I imagine.

[LovesTVDx]

Like what?

[been_waiting]

I'm not sure exactly, it would probably depend on where in the brain the tumor is. Different parts of the brain are responsible for different functions.

I highly doubt you have a tumor :)

[LovesTVDx]

Haha hopefully not. Thanks for your answer!

[SatanClaus]

No clue and dont wanna know either, scary i tell ya

[SolitaireBond]

Hopefully no one here will be able to answer that.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea. I have a feeling that you don't have one.

[Chick180]

You don't have a brain tumor. Don't worry.