never miss another strange story subscribe and hit the bell sit back and get comfortable I have a few stories to share with you the headaches were there in the beginning I remember the pain better than I remember my first words or my first day at school mom used to say Donny glad for you you think too much you'll stress yourself out but despite my greatest attempts despite meditation alcohol smoking all the good and bad you can name as an escaped detention at the top of my skull never went away my first doctor wrote it off as a psychological issue but I wasn't psycho anything the pain for me was all too real I happened to be clever and overachiever the advice given by parents and teachers was to not be so hard on myself I was doing great already I took their advice at face value I learned to live with it by the time 28 rolled around I was used to the pain I my own place I was dating a girl I had a good job the tension was part of who I was in fact something about being in this state of despair made me work harder it made me want to prove that the pain meant something almost as if I had rid myself of the burden Dana and I decided to start a family it had been both of our dreams my family would make us happy we tried we tried so hard this time the doctor said that I had to relax that the stress was harming our chances several months later Dana left me she said that was miserable I was she said I needed to get myself sorted I needed to get rid of whatever I was holding on to I needed help all I wanted was to live a normal life this time I was put in line for an MRI in my local the pain had never been worse what had once been an ache in my skull and spread to my neck and shoulders the doctor stared at his computer screen swept being across his forehead I'm not sure how to say this he said spit it out doc the doctor pause you have a tumor in the base of your skull that's not all the doctor said it's growing hair teeth arms and legs it's been living inside of you for god knows how long I swallow trying to process what he just said its fingers have been praying away at the inside of your skull for for what looked like years we've got days maybe hours mr. glad field we must act the pressure on the top of my head increased there was a sharp prick from inside the skin and the warm dribble rolled down the back of my neck I think it's finally coming out [Music]