16 year old sophomore John Tonich noticed short and sharp pains in his head on a Sunday in February after a wrestling match. John's parents thought he must have had a concussion from being slammed down to the mat during the match. John was taken to a doctor two days later when the pain didn't go away. Of course the doctor diagnosed John with dehydration. His parents didn't seem concern since they knew he was drinking less water to fit in a lower weight class for wrestling. The doctor drew blood and told John to drink Gatorade. John was feeling nauseated after the headache went away two days later. His mother Debbie took him back to the doctor asking if it could be a concussion while John was thinking in his head that maybe its an aneurysm. Of course the doctor said its just the stomach bug because it was going around, and handed them a prescription for a CT Scan just in case. John left school early and was taken straight to the emergency room after he texted his mom saying he was feeling dizzy. When they got to the emergency room, John had a CT San and MRI done. Test results showed that John had the worst possible cancer and maybe only live a year. John was loaded into an ambulance and sent to Cleveland Clinic. The doctors there found out that he had medulloblastoma which is a brain tumor that is diagnosed in about every 1,000 people every day. The doctors were able to successfully remove the tumor. John is recovering in the clinic from both chemotherapy and radiation. So there's really no way to tell if a headache is a brain tumor, but doctors do take red flags. Like if the headaches are new to you, headaches are accompanied with other symptoms, headaches start in the morning, they get worse over time, and if something just doesn't seem right. Sometimes you may have none of the symptoms but if you feel like something is wrong, then maybe something is seriously wrong and you need to get it checked out.
No comments:
Post a Comment