What's going on these days?

[pussnboots]

with some docotors. My daughter has been to her doctors several times during the last 3 weeks with headaches, she normally doesn't suffer from them. The doctor said first it was stress, second time it was result of a bout of tonsillitis, then finally blocked sinus. Today she went for an eye test as she thought the headaches may be due to her job as a solicitor and having to spend a lot of time on the computer. Well she was sent straight to hospital, she's been admitted and awaiting a scan, she has a swelling behind her eye. I feel mad about this, thank goodness the optitian was more qualified than her doctor.

[Bobbisox]

Puss I wish her well x

[supersuezy24]

Oh God pussnboots, I hope she will be okay x

[DEN53]

sorry to hear that puss. I hope she gets better soon. At the Opticians they have those machines that can look behind the eye, which is a good thing. Doctors just seem to play a guessing game.

Regards to Doc.

[askyourgran]

Oh puss I hope she will be OK.

[mrs.chappie]

I do hope she's gonna be okay, puss. x

[pussnboots]

She's worried sick, and so am I, but glad that she is now in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing (well I hope they do)

[albaqwerty]

that's the thing with gp's. They are General Practitioners.Having said that I feel your anger and frustration. I hope all goes well with your daughter puss x

[Mamyalynne]

She is in the right place now, I wish her well.

[pussnboots]

Thanks for all your replies, I'll keep you informed, won't know anything for a few days. She is going to have a scan when the consultant has seen her.

[sara3]

I had the opposite happen to me.. I had a car crash, someone noticed that my pupils were different sizes, I called into quite a few opticians who had no idea what was going on (and weren't very interested, and offered no advice).. when I got to my GP.. whoosh! straight off to the emergency eye hospital for an MRI scan.

tell your daughter not to panic, small problems can seem huge and vice-versa. I hope all is well x

[cazzz1975]

I hope she is okay puss xxx

[pussnboots]

Only good thing at the moment according to hospital doc she has no other symptoms i.e. blurred vision or any other sensory problems.

[tillyh345]

Hi Eddie

You hear so many of these stories these days it really can be very worrying. Last year I suffered with daily headaches and fullness around my ear, was constsntly at the drs but never ever did get to the bottom of it, no diagnosis, a couple of times my hubby took me to A&E because the pain was unbearable, and they kept me in overnight did scans and a lumbar puncture, still no joy, and to this day I still do not know what it was. I still sometimes think I hope its not anything thats been left undetected to come out again at a later date. But what can you do, the strange thing is the day it actually went away I went to the Ideal Home Show with some friends and bought a copper bracelet and I dont know if it was coincidence but the headache went! Very odd, but I was happy. Hope alls well with your daughter and shes looked after as she should be xx

[islasmum]

I hope that your daughter gets this sorted very quickly - it always seems more frightening when it's anything to do with eyes to me. Best wishes.

[classylady60]

How awful, I do hope your daughter gets on okay and they soon have her sorted. It's dreadful to think these things go on and we rely on doctors like we do....good job she went to the optician, dread to think how the doctor would have dealt with it on her fourth visit! Best wishes to you both.

[Sqad]

<<<<<goodness the optitian was more qualified than her doctor.>>>>>

Then go to your optician for your medical woes.

Headaches are extremely common symptoms and may be difficult to pin-point their cause and ALL doctors at some time have missed medical conditions....they are human and not machines. Eye signs may be present in many conditions and only picked up by Ophthalmic surgeons or Optometrists.

I understand you concern and anger, but the doctors are doing their best and do not misdiagnose with that in mind.

Let us knoe the result of the MRI scan.

[pussnboots]

I understand what you are saying squad but shouldn't the doctor have referred her to a specialist when she had gone 3 times about the headaches. I know doctors are only human but as our gps are the first place of call when we are ill isn't it hoped that they would investigate symptoms and not just keep guessing.

[DTCwordfan]

Hope she gets it all sorted out quickly.

Opticians are often is a difficult position - the eye and especially around the macular spot can give away a whole rack of diagnoses.....from cancers to Aids and a lot more. It puts the optician in a difficult place as to telling the 'customer' and there is no automatic link back to theier GP to let them know that there is a problem and to get the victim in......I think that this should be seriously looked at by the NHS so as to get some "more joined up writing" - and it is just another example of how, easily, the service could be improved and, at the same time, cut costs and free up system time to improve the front-line to patient care.

[Sqad]

I agree with DT....in the UK Health Care is primarily GP based and the GP's are reluctant to refer because of resources, but in the USA and other parts of Europe, it tends to be hospital based and referrals are more frequent.
In the NHS "reorganization" more money is being given to the GP's and they will decide on spending.I think that this is the wrong way round, the GP service should be cut and reorganized around a stronger funded hospital system and referrals encouraged at an earlier stage.

Brain tumours are extremely uncommon and a GP might see one, during his professional career and hence doesn't think of it from the start as a cause of headaches.

At moment it is pure conjecture to assume that your daughter has a brain tumour and the result of the MRI scan will be the final arbiter.

I do understand how you feel, but keep us informed.