Help Please

Life · New User Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 2

My mum is a single parent, i have no brothers or sisters and my granparents are dead, i do have aunts and uncles though i do not feel like i could talk to them about this.

My mum has a numbness down the one side of her body and stumbles a little sometimes when she is walking and has been referred to a neurologist. The neurologist didn't know what was wrong with her and wanted x-rays of all of her joints and her brain but they cannot do all of these x-rays in the one day so have put a referal through for her to get an mri scan. They said she should get an appoint in the nex 2-3 weeks for her scan.

When i was on the computer yesterday i had a really bad headache which was affecting my sight so i googled brain tumour to see what the symptoms were and i was shocked to find that to of the symptoms were the ones my mum had. I don't know whether to tell her what i found out or not but i dont want her to be worried whilst waiting for her scan if i tell her this, because when she told me she was having an mri scan i said to her does that mean you have cancer and she just laughed and said no. But if i don't tell her she will want to know what is wrong with me because since i have found out about these symptoms i have been crying alot and this is all i have been thinking about and i am really scared and worried. I am still at school and can't imagine losing her

roses4evver · Regular Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

[i][b]Hello life,

I do not think you should tell her what you think you know about her symptoms she's having. Simply on the fact you think it's a brain tumor. Many symptoms mimic other diseases also, so until she has this MRI done please do not presume anything. I tried doing your poll but it would not take.
I wish you my best
Roses[/b][/i]

brainman · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: Help Please

I agree with Roses. “Life”, you are not a doctor. All the symptoms you describe can be symptoms of many things. In addition, even after a diagnosis is made, use the information you get from the Internet to generate good questions to ask your mother’s doctor. Good luck.
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