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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: hannie on October 21, 2008, 10:56:27 am
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I've been getting these weird stabbings pains behind my left (AN) ear for the last few days. Its really strong but only lasts a few seconds (maybe 20 seconds at most). I've been having it about fifteen to twenty times a day for the last two or three days. Before this it was just once every few days/weeks. I was diagnosed with my AN two months ago and since then have had stress headaches but this is really odd.
Have other people experienced pains like this?
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Hi-The years before i knew i had an AN i would wake up in the mourning sometimes feel like someone whacked me w/ a baseball bat in the back of my head.
Now its gone 7 some times i get stabbing pain along the incision spot.
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I have those sharp stabbing pains every day. It can be really brutal at times. I've had no explanation from any doctors. BREATHE, is all I can say. Mention it to your doctor.
Anne Marie
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Hi Anne Marie-What is ascar neauroma?
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A scar neuroma is damaged nerves and scar tissue that has formed underneath an incision. It is very problematic and painful. I first had a few nerve blocks which helped temporarily. I had surgery in July to have it removed. The scar is nice and smooth now, but from what I understand it could just pop up again.
Anne Marie
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*takes a deep breath* that's a bit rubbish, i was expecting some pain after the operation but not before! i'll defo mention them to my doctor when i next see him - another question for my ever expanding list lol!
Anne marie - i hadn't heard of scar neuroma either, it sounds really painful. how frustrating that one surgery can throw up problems that require other surgeries down the line. how is it now? better i hope
Hannie
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Hannie,
I had those pains for a year or more before the doc discoverd my AN. I always figured they were triggered by tension until I started researching ANs. I read somewhere in my early research this is a common symptom of ANs, but of course, knowing that now didn't help me before I even knew my AN existed.
Wendy
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Hannie,
That area is much better, but the headaches continue and the facial pain. It's part of the facial neuroma. I'm on meds but today they are not working :'(
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Hannie:
The pains you describe were almost exactly (frequency and intensity) what I experienced prior to my AN diagnosis. It's possible that your AN is expanding. Absolutely inform your doctor. Let him advise you as to how to proceed.
Jim
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yeh..i got the heavy head syndrome today..feels like i am one of those bobbleheads you put on your dash board!I tried a flexiril helpred for a bit. ???
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I love the "bobbleheads" Why didn't I think of that!!!
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Very strange bobbleing on the inside not showing on the outside????
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I also get those pains in the back of my head too, its a stabbing, burning pain, it only lasts a few seconds but it hurts . I often feel like the tumor is just reminding me its still there, I had FSR treatments last year and I still get those zaps, lately more often. it makes me wonder whats going on inside there. I wonder too , if the tumor dies will the pain stop, I hope so but doubt it. I mentioned it to my doc and they acted like it was no big deal. i guess it goes with the tumor.
peggy