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Daniel Goodwin had assumed eye strain from a new job was causing his persistent headaches until a devastating MRI uncovered he had a 5.2cm brain tumour. The father-of-two from Adelaide spent eight months searching for answers for his migraines and neck pain before the devastating diagnosis on May 13, 2022.
'I was in a fair bit of pain and taking two Panadol everyday, I'd just started a new job and thought it was my posture or something to do with my eyes,' Mr Goodwin told Daily Mail Australia. The former defence force employee said doctors suggested his headaches could be due to a pulled muscle, so he went to a physiotherapist as well as OPSM to get new glasses which both 'seemed to help for a little while'. But when the pain returned he went back to doctors who ordered an X-ray and then suggested a CT scan when that failed to reveal a cause.
'I asked whether there was any other options and he said there was an MRI but that would be out-of-pocket as it wasn't covered by Medicare. I said let's just do that and it was the best $450 I've ever spent,' Mr Goodwin said. Tests revealed the tumour was benign but still life-threatening as it was nestled against an artery and blocking the flow of spinal fluid, which had caused his symptoms due to a pressure build-up in his skull.
'From that moment, life as we knew it pivoted. That very Thursday, Daniel underwent emergency surgery to relieve the pressure in his brain, and a valve was installed to help regulate the flow of..
. Brett Lackey.
