@panda2ac Last November I was walking my dog and tripped and fell. I had to go get stitches to close a cut on my eyebrow. When I did that they wanted me to get a CT scan to make sure I didn't have a brain bleed. When I did that they could see a mass and said it needed to be checked out on an MRI. I had just changed insurance so I wasn't yet established with any doctor. That was going to take 4-6 months so I went online, got the form for Radiology Assist and ordered the MRI through them . A week later I had the results with the size and general diagnosis so when I did finally get in to a doctor she sent me straight to the neurosurgeon. Then he sent me back for even more MRI's to see if the sinus was occluded to know more what the surgery would look like.
Even though the original MRI was $300 out of pocket, I'm glad I was proactive because it cut quite a bit of time out of my original beginning of treatment.

@panda2ac I was experiencing migraine headaches, dizziness, and sinus pressure in the summer and fall of 2025. My ENT ordered the MRI and the meningioma was discovered incidentally. The unrelated symptoms were attributed to TMJ, changes in atmospheric pressure, caffeine, insomnia, and overdoing some weightlifting exercises. I saw a TMJ specialist, stopped drinking coffee and tea, only use unscented products, and reduced the weights I was lifting. It took a lot of time and work, but I’m feeling so much better. I’m not looking forward to dealing with the meningioma but happy it was found before symptoms developed.