A friend of mine commented that she thought she had a brain tumor. I replied that it could be a rock. This prompted me to wonder are brain tumors soft and spongy or hard like rocks?
Ficer67
A brain tumour has a similar consistency to the surrounding tissue – that is, it’s soft to fibrous.
Is there such a thing as a typical brain tumor?
All I know is, they don’t pulse. Your friend has something pulsing in her forehead, that’s alien bidness. Or some kind of Scanners trip.
The OP didn’t mention pulsing, j.c..
For the record, she had a terrible headache that day. And I was trying to cheer her up, by being terribly facetious, of course.
And she did not mention a pulsing headache either. Thanks for the link Ice Wolf.
I had a brain tumor. Serious headaches, especially if the person doesn’t normally suffer from headaches, is nothing to play around with. Headaches accompanied by blurred vision, slurred speech, dizziness, and especially vomiting can be signs of a serious problem.
J.C. There is in fact such a thing as a “typical” brain tumor, more appropriatly it’s the most common form. They are called Colloid Cysts, and that’s the type I had. You’d be surprised the number of people who have this type of tumor. They are linked to DDT, and they are present in the brain before a person is even born.
Most people who have begien colloid cysts usually just drop dead between the ages of 9-12, and suffer from no outwardly apparent symptoms (even though they actually DO inhibit symptoms, they are usually not recognized as such because they are artributed to personality and/or mental disorders). People with cancerous colliod cysts don’t suffer from any apparent symptoms either, and unless they recieve an MRI for another reason, by the time the tumor is dicovered there’s nothing anyone can do. Colliod cysts are labeled as “terminal” because of all this.
There are some cases where the person survives, I am an example, but it’s rare. The only thing that saved me was where the tumor was located in my brain. It was centered between the four ventricles, blocking spinal fluid movement, causing the spinal fluid to leak onto my brain, thus giving me a horrible headache and vomiting.
The fact is, there is really no way of telling if someone has a brain tumor unless they get an MRI. Even CT scans aren’t sufficent enough in locating brain tumors.
Ficer67, I hope your friend turns out to be okay.
(Hell of a first post, huh?)
Well, it certainly makes your username seem ironic! (Because you’re still alive.)
Welcome to the SDMB, and congrats on surviving.