All Day Headaches

Hello,

I am new to this forum and hope that I may get some much needed help.  I started having slight headaches on the right side of my head, in the very beginning of April 08.  They started out "slight" but then quickly became consistant and all day long and every day.  They are not severe, about a 1 to 4 on a scale of 10, but each day is different, however, there is never a day that the right side of my head doesn't hurt to some degree.  Sometimes it is a short sharp intermitten pain and other times my right side of my head just hurts.  When I feel the least amount of discomfort there is still a feeling of pressure on the right side of my head.  Every now and then, the right side of my neck feels sore, but again, nothing terrible that I can't function.  I had some extensive blood work done which showed nothing is wrong except my cholesterol is up a very little.  I had a complete CT of my head taken which came back fine.  But now, someone told me there could still be something wrong with my head because a CT would not show everything and I should have had a MRI done.  I don't have insurance for these tests and they are very expensive.  I should mention that I am NOT prone to headaches.  I am 41 years old and can count on one hand how many times in my life I've had a headache and now I have this every day, all day long.  I am sleeping fine (which I find strange) but as soon as I wake up in the night or morning, it is right there.  I have no other symtoms (symptoms) what so ever and I am not taking over the counter pain meds, such as tylanol or motrin because I have heard they can cause rebound headaches.  I am just scared that something is seriously wrong but I don't have the money to go and have a million tests done.  I would be so grateful for any suggestions as to what may be causing my head to hurt every single day?

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Wow, I really hope you find out what's going on. Cause maybe you can tell me what it is also.  I have had headaches for a while now. Mine started out in the evening always around the same time and would subside in the morning usually, its been 7 months now. Always started out on the right side and nothing takes them away, yet.

I started out with a ct scan and moved on to a MRI. Unfortunately, there's no way to say what it is difinitively without further testing. And as I've found out even with testing the results don't always tell you what's going on either but it certainly helps rule out things.

I hope you are able to find a way to get further testing.

All the best