Am I on my way to Heaven?

[Merlin]

2 main symptons - no idea if they are related!

1) Bloodshot eye (right) with a dull....aching pain...

2) Severe headaches - concentrated on the right-side of head...

Shall I write my will :laugh

[Win2Win]

No.....just stop hitting your head with the baseball bat :D

Maybe circumcision will help!!!

[Merlin]

:yikes: Circumcision - cut me some slack, boss....

[Win2Win]

The priest is on his way......

.....he's a bit psssssstt.....but likes a bit of oral so you should be OK :wink

[samantha1303]

Sounds like a pressure thing going on.

[bigcumba]

Get your blood pressure checked as soon as possible, and get your eyes tested thoroughly Merlin... it's just possible that could be something serious... my wife had similar symptoms, got her eyes tested at my insistence, and was referred to her GP and then the eye hospital within 3 days... they found a serious increase in the pressure behind the eyeball and one possible cause was a tumour hence the speed they went at! Thankfully it wasn't, but she's got something called Benign Intracranial hypertension... basically she produces too much of the CSF (cerebro spinal fluid) that surrounds and cushions the brain... causing this pressure. She's had a lumbar puncture to relieve the pressure, but is likely to be on medication to reduce the fluid production now for the rest of her life.

[scaaty]

I'm no expert but sounds like it could be cluster headaches - info below copied from a website:-

Cluster headaches are aptly named, because the attacks come in groups – a.k.a. “clusters.” This type of headache can hit you like a Mack truck, seemingly coming out of nowhere with no advanced warning. This has been described as the worst type of headache pain, more severe than any others. During a cluster period, a sufferer may have up to four headaches per day, each episode lasting anywhere from thirty to forty-five minutes.

Cluster headaches affect far more men than women – about five to one. They usually begin between the ages of 20 and 45. They occur most often during the spring and fall, which makes people tend to associate them with allergies (but this is a misconception – they aren’t caused by allergens). Unfortunately, about ten percent of cluster headache sufferers have headaches year-round.

They come on most commonly in the morning or late at night. Sufferers can have this sort of headache for days, even weeks on end; this is called a cluster cycle. When a cluster cycle is over, a person may not get this type of headache again for months or even years.

Clusters are normally unilateral, only occurring on one side of the head, and the side doesn’t vary from cluster to cluster; if you get one on the right side, it will most likely be on the same side again next time. The pain may begin in or around one eye, and that eye may be bloodshot or watery.

The nostril on the side of the headache may also begin to run. The pain usually radiates from the eye to the forehead, temple, and cheek. It’s so excruciating, sufferers say, that they can’t even sit still and sometimes are even compelled to bang their heads against something.

Experts know very little about the exact causes and factors influencing cluster headaches. Unlike migraine headaches, which we’ll discuss later, clusters aren’t the product of heredity. Sufferers of clusters do tend to have a couple of things in common: a history of chronic smoking, and the use of alcohol.

Can't imagine that the last sentence could possibly apply to you though ! :rolleyes: :D

[scaaty]

Get your blood pressure checked as soon as possible, and get your eyes tested thoroughly Merlin....

Agree 100%, definitely see a doc and get it checked out - whatever it is, hope you feel better soon :)

[Profit Seeker]

I get the same, usually right eye ball, though not excruciatingly it must be said, just annoyingly. With me it's usually after a day of trying too concentrate to hard on maybe more than one thing at once (maybe that comes from just being thick :laugh) whether it's at work or on the pc. A few things that would probably help is diet, sleep, though I sometimes get them after having lots of sleep :doh and maybe acupuncture would work, something I've always wanted to try but never got round to. Anyone had it?

[mathare]

maybe acupuncture would work, something I've always wanted to try but never got round to. Anyone had it?Vegy has had a few pricks in his time :D

[vegyjones]

Vegy has had a few pricks in his time :D
Had a drink with one or two as well! :rolleyes: :peeky

[mathare]

Had a drink with one or two as well! :rolleyes: :peekyThat's what you get for living in east London :wink

[vegyjones]

You love us Cockerney's really. Hency why you moved closer to us! :D

As for Merl... get yourself to a Brazil doctor you nut!
And not one of those cooky ones!

[Merlin]

Better than the Docs surgery this :laugh...

Thanks for the responses…..Quite like the cluster headache bit, Scaaty…although they always blame fags and booze for things they know little about - :laugh

Thanks also to BigC – bound to be near the mark, as always in matters of health….

Whatever it is I got, its comforting to know that Profit has it too…..:yikes:….perhaps whoever dies first can save the other one…..:yikes:……:laugh

Sam thinks its something to do with blood pressure…….I shall have to stop running after 17 year old bits of stuff, here, I think…. :laugh

Will have to set up an appointment with the local medicine man…….thanks again….

PS: I have written my will – and have left all of my ex-wives to Vegy…..:yikes:……..I think one of them is up the stick again – it wasn’t me, I think someone had it in for me…:laugh

[Win2Win]

Q: What is a cluster headache? What causes it, and how can I treat it?
A: Cluster headache gets its name because the attacks come in groups. The pain arrives with little, if any, warning and is usually on one side of the head. A tearing or bloodshot eye and a runny nose on the side of the headache may also accompany the pain. Cluster headache, believed to be caused by chemical reactions in the brain, has been described as the most severe and intense of any headache type. Treatment for cluster headache includes prescription medication and oxygen. Click here for more information. (http://www.headaches.org/consumer/topicsheets/clusterheadache.html)