brain tumor?

Question

im scared that i might have a brain tumor, i am only 13 yrs old and i have been feeling sick lately, i have headaches alot, last night i had weird feelings in my hand, sometimes when im walking my legs feel weak like their gonna give out, and i kinda have bad memory. these are all symtoms i read about online for brain tumors. but idk cause i might just be sick cause i also have a fever and thats not a symtom. i dont wanna go to the doctor and be like yea i think i have a brain tumor.... thats just weird and what if i didnt. but help im scared. any one ever had a brain tumor or know anyone that did? sound like this? any advice, comforting info??? lol thanks

Answer 1

I had a brain tumor diagnosed and removed in April. I'm in my 30's and I was one of the younger patients... While it CAN happen as early as age 20, it is very, very rare for a child to ever be diagnosed with a brain tumor!!!

If you want to know the symptoms I had, it was numbness on one side. Not "weird feelings" or tingling, my right hand, arm and foot went completely numb. Also I could not think of words to speak, like my vocabulary just left my head. And I didn't just have headaches, but migraines that were so painful I about passed out. So quit worrying!!! If you at 13 have a brain tumor, you will be so famous that you'll get put on TV or in the paper because you'd be about the only one who that ever happened to at such a young age!!! :)~

p.s. I'm totally fine now and even if you DID have a brain tumor (which you DON'T) it's not a big deal anymore to remove them and be fine within just a few days.

Answer 2

The first thing you need to do is stop looking up diseases and disorders on the internet. You can't always trust the places you find, and when you do find a site and a few symptoms that may match yours, you could begin to 'feel' those other symptoms. Imagining the worst case scenario will just worry you even more.

You should go ahead and see your doctor - you don't have to tell him that you think it's a tumor, because he'll tell you to stop looking things up on the internet :)

Make an appointment with the doc and take a list of your problems and how long they've been going on.

It's possible you have an iron deficiency or are mal-nourished or dehydrated in some way. In any case, now's the perfect time to go with the start of the school year and all :)

I hope you feel better soon!!

Answer 3

you need to stop looking up possible diseases and conditions just cause you don't feel good. having only a little bit of info can be dangerous. if you don't feel good, talk to your folks.