[Laurel]

Brenda,

It is interesting to me that both times you experienced your headache onset it was during a session of weight lifting. If your CT is negative, and I am believing it will be, then perhaps it is something that places pressure on a spinal nerve during the weight lifting exercise. I have cervical spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the space where the spinal cord runs through the vertebrae of the neck, secondary to a whiplash injury years ago. Perhaps you have an old spinal injury, lumbar region is very common, and the weights are further compressing your vertebra causing disc compression that crowds the spinal cord.

We always jump to the cancer-cause, and rightly so as it is the elephant in our rooms, however I think it will prove to be another issue unrelated to cancer.

Please let us know what the scan shows.