Hello all

i´m in need of a bit of advice. I´ve been lucky enough to never really suffer from headaches in the past, but over the last few months i´ve had a recurring pain in the upper left hand side of my head. It´s not an agonising pain, more of an annoyance, and feels unlike any other headache i´ve had. This wouldn´t normally cause that much concern, but after a bit of research i´ve seen a few other of my niggling annoyances share the same signs as certain brain tumours.

I´ve had bad body twitching (muscle spasms) all of my life, which only worsen year on year. I don´t sleep well. My short term memory is very bad.

To top it all, I have just noticed a swelling on the same side of my head, and this is unrelated to any external impact.

I´m currently on a round the world trip, and am desperate not to cut it short and have to go home to get this diagnosed. I´m looking for someone that can tell me if I should be worried enough to start some serious investigations.

Many thanks