Tinnitus, blurred vision..other weird symptoms

swg, glad you have the eye doc under your belt. The glaucoma---all docs giving you any drugs need to know this. Many drugs can affect the specific drainage of the anterior chamber of the eye. Good job!

Get a dental appointment in the mix. Teeth cleaning and anything that needs fixing. Once you start chemo you can't have dental work done.

YAY Neurology appointment. The accident from several years ago can be influencing things now. BUT and this but is key to your situation you have had a "change of condition" All those symptoms hit you at once the other night. The symptoms were strong enough to send you to the ER by squad. That's significant in communicating 'somethings changed". That's what you should concentrate with the doc on. Tell him of the accident, but focus on the present set of symptoms and your reaction to them.

Tell me more about your tinnitus? Start time? One side, both sides? Anything make it worse? anything make it better?

swg, the hardest thing to do is tell a doc no. Stick to your guns next time.

But I am glad to hear that you feel there is some association with a drug. There can be tumors on the 7th cranial nerve in the brain. It's presentation is tinnitus on one side.

Last word for now on the brain tumor thingy. If there is something there, it's there. You just work with it. If it's there no amount of worry is going to change that.

I just wrote this on another thread not an hour ago. You may find it useful. Clear it with your doc.

UTI's: I had frequent asymptomatic UTI's. The thinking now is unless they are symptomatic don't treat them. That controversy started in the late 1990's, but has only recently become the approach of choice.

I found D-Mannose. Controversial as to whether it helps. You will see the range of research that says no, to research that says yes. I gave it a chance. For me I saw a change. It was recommended to take twice a day. Initially, I took the twice a day as recommended. Later after the first retest, I decided I couldn't afford that so I take it at bedtime. When I've run out and am off it for awhile I notice symptoms.

The very first sequence of using it. I had a positive random urine for bacteria. Next urine test after being on it for awhile the test was negative for bacteria. I was impressed. No other drug change in that time period. AND no drug side effects.

The other odd thing was in that second testing was my yearly Cholesterol/HDL/LDL screening. My HDL which is the good cholesterol went the highest it ever was. I took a look specifically for HDL and Mannose. I found the same thing as with UTI's research both ways --yes & no.. I'll believe the research that said it helped, as my HDL was always in the middle range. Again D-Mannose was the only thing that changed in that time period.

swg, some here on the boards has the Fuchs thing, of course I don't remember where. She had similar problem with diagnosis.

Both sided tinnitus is very much better than one sided? Plus, you associated it with medication use. That is a very common origin. Most common is from hearing loss associated with noise trauma. Mine came with a virus. Both sided is not associated with brain tumor. that's stepping out on a limb. Trauma noise or baropressure like diving, drugs, and viruses. Viruses are even considered uncommon. Easy google 'causes of tinnitus' either webmd or healthline are good sites for info

I have a broken keyboard, the autocorrect waits till after I submit to correct.

Yay, the second opinion doc on the eyes sounds great. Picking up on the fact that it might be eye glass related, may seem matter of fact, but it's a little special.

It's like the old joke about the guy that has a shirt neck size that is too tight and causing his eyes to bulge. I forget the joke, but that was the punch line.

On the MRI, docs know the words to use to get the approvals. You did relate the night you called for EMS and all that. You didn't just report the tinnitus? You have so much more going on.

Going to blunt honest, But has to be in next post

swg Well, that's the thing. You don't have the dx, but if you did they would want neuro clearance. Tell the anesthesia person your symptoms and the ER visit. Anesthesia plans for everything.

When's surgery?

SWg, Shoot me, Sometimes you just have to have faith. The flow has happened. Go with whatever your instincts are. You have waited for this for a long time. You have had medical clearance. Medical clearance by your PCP has to be within 30 days of the surgery, their job is to determine anything that would barr you from safely having the surgery. You've meet with the pre-op admissions nurse. Their job is to pick up on the any irregularities that might be an anesthesia problem and immediately present them to the anesthesia doc that is assigned for that duty that day. Usually an anesthesia person reviews charts for up coming surgeries for problems. If you haven't meet with the anesthesiologist, you will Tues. So far, no one has thrown a red flag.

Have the questions about Toradol usage, vertebral blocks, and no use of opioids. As identified in the links provided. So, many docs are using the protocol even though all are under study b/c they are standard modalities i.e. use in the OR for eons. Eons, decades. Much has been written in the literature re: retro studies and prospective studies. These docs read that stuff looking for trends. Rainyc found when going to Sloan Kettering they had incorporated most all. I only say most all, b/c an "all" statement would be an absolute statement and that was 2 years ago, and I would have to review her statement.

Anesthesia docs are at the top of the physician hierarchy. All docs have responsibility. Anesthesia docs though are special. Their understanding of the body and drugs is in a different elevated plane. We "see" them for such a short time and may never see them again. But they are special. So are CRNA's

swg. try talking with the anesthesia doc on mon.

On the hematoma thing. Link that too. I think you are misinterpreting something , but I can't see what it is:)

I've had tinnitus for years but since starting Tamoxifen it is much worse. Even the eyes have been affected so I'm pretty sure its from the hormonal therapy.

Toradol or Ketorolac, is what I received via drip during surgery, and after for pain. My dr. did not prescribe any pain killers. Nurse told me Toradol is like heavy duty Tylenol. Worked well for me. Since it is not aspirin or ibuprofen I do not believe it thins the blood. Once I left the hospital, they gave me some of them in pill form, but never had to take anything for pain.

good luck

Well, too late but I got permanent tinnitus from an MRI. They are very noisy.

Benadryl can cause twitchiness. I thought I had ALS! When I read your post I was going to ask if you had taken Benadryl and then sure enough, you mentioned it.

I don't see any reason to think you have a brain tumor, no offense. We all feel pretty vulnerable at this time and feel that anything that can happen, will, but from what you have written (and I am not a doctor) it seems unlikely that you have a brain tumor.

Anyone can benefit from a paravertebral block for mastectomy. Make sure to emphasize to them NO Pain meds and you will be almost back to normal right after surgery.

Look up paraneoplastic syndrome. I had this. It is an autoimmune reaction to cancer and can cause some neurological and eye problems. This is extremely rare. I had an extreme version of nystagmus in which my eyeballs "jiggled" every few seconds. BMX cured it though it took some months. It is easy to test for this.

At one point, with this autoimmune reaction, my nystagmus was continuous. My vision was as if I was watching from a train window but the train was going 1,000 miles and hour. It was a nightmare. I couldn't see.

Tinnitus is horrible. I have wondered if it was the  MRI or the Femara but the timing is suspicious for the MRI. Try changing the angle of your neck, or holding your nose while blowing into it. Any change? Mine comes and goes and of course bedtime is the worst.  The brain does get used to it to some degree, just as it gets used to floaters in our vision. If it pulses at all, see a neurologist immediately: that requires surgery asap!