Draining Blood Rush On My Left Side of Head/down Left Neck Posted: 03-10-06 16:33pm
Hi there. I could really use some advice
here badly because I am very worried.
Three years ago, a lump was found on my
right thyroid. I had scans done
(everything was normal with the thyroid)
but it was a cold nodule so it had to be
biopsied. The biopsy came out benign and
the lump was never removed (because it
wasn't going to grow and it wasn't
affecting the thyroid). Fast forward to
now (2006). I've had many symptoms to
accompany this pain--so I am having a very
hard time pinpointing it--it has been
extremely frustrating. I was suffering
from on/off chest pains/pain under the
left rib--accompanied with feelings of
passing out. It would've been easy for me
to just blow it off as plain anxiety but I
was having these reactions in non-anxious
situations (relaxing at
home/driving--things that wouldn't spark
anxiety reactions for me). I had a chest
ct scan which came out normal. The pain
under the left rib is always there
(constant)--the pain in the chest comes
and goes. My abdomen has been feeling
very sore--not sure if I can explain
this--but I feel like the blood is
draining out of me--feeling--the same goes
for the left side of my head and down
(along) the the left side of my neck.
I've had bad headaches on and off--and my
left ear has that draining of blood
feeling as well (as pulsating
feelings)--where I can actually hear
pulses. The pain in my head feels like a
blood rush (like if you did a
headstand--for a couple of minutes) and
then stand upright feeling. I am very
scared because I have felt extremely tired
lately and feel extremely drained from
this. My glands feel swollen on the left
side where all this pain is and I can
actually feel the lump if I turn my head
to the left side. I just don't like the
drained (of blood feeling)--that is the
part that is worrying me the most
(especially in my head, left side of neck,
and stomach).
I had an abdominal ct scan on tuesday of
this week and don't know the results yet.
I had a very hard time holding my breath
for these tests--and actually had to
release my breath a couple of times
because I felt like I was going to black
out. To make matters worse, a doctor
comes in and asks me if my doctor ever
mentioned me having high blood pressure.
I always get my blood pressure checked
when I go to the doctor and the last time
it was 128 over not sure--but was told it
was normal. I know this is not in my head
because I feel so drained inside from
this--and my head hurts (as well as the
draining feeling in the abdomen). I'm
proably going to get my thyroid ultrasound
done sometime soon--and the last doctor
visit I went before this ct scan--i had a
urine test done--and they saw blood in
it--so I was put on the antibiotic
cipro...This antibiotic doesn't seem to
help--refer to everything i've been
feeling above--this is how i'm feeling
even taking cipro=the draining of blood
feeling down the left side of my
neck--also is behind my left ear/lower
left side of head.
Can anybody here please give me some
advice---so I can get help for this. I
feel so exhausted with all of this. I've
tried researching this on my own---because
I am so tired during the day--i know 100%
its not from stress, anxiety and if its in
my head (i would agree--because that is
where the majority of my pain has been--no
pun intended).
I just get so frustrated because of the
time in between--and maybe it sounds
irrational but just wanting answers
instead of waiting--the doctor that asked
me about high blood pressure just left it
at that--she didn't give me anymore
specifics--let me know if her questions
were in correlation with anything she was
seeing on the abdominal ct
scan...Nothing---i have had episodes
(many) where I feel like i'm just going to
pass out--and i'm not stressed out before
feeling that way
this pain is just making me physically
feel drained--and I don't even know why
there was blood in my urine--my doctor
didn't even tell me why on that--just took
out his prescription pad and wrote me up
cipro (antibiotic to take).
The pain on the left side of my neck(back
of neck and along it) and the left side of
my head has felt constant lately...That is
where I feel like the blood is draining
out of me. I'm sorry if this sounds gross
but I don't know how else to describe this
feeling without the graphics.
I thought someone on here might be able to
help me. My e-mail address is whir
lygirly77@yahoo.Com. I would
appreciate if anyone could give me some
useful information on what this might be
so I can get some useful tests done. I'm
just not feeling too good--and I know this
sounds like i'm worrying--but I don't want
to die---and lately with the drained
feeling---that is how I feel.
