Question: Healthy 39 year old male. Currently 8 weeks into a 12 month sabbatical and have been living on Bogota Colombia for past 5 weeks to study spanish. Have been exercising here moderatly since arrival 3 times a week, 20-30 mins of cardio then 45 mins of weights(a routine program I have been doing fo 1.5 years in Vancouver Canada and involves some powerlifting with some weights lifted near double bodyweight. 10 days ago after a failed lift of nearly double body weight ( maybe relevant maybe not) I developed a mild headache not immediatly maybe 36 hours later (I have never been to a dr regarding headaches as I dont get them). Headache still present after 5 days so I sought medical attention and went to private clinic. Dr said it was migraine and gave me some meds and said pain would go away. I took medication and it did nothing. 2 days later I sought another opinion and went to a highly regarded private hospital where i ended up being evauated by a cardiovascualr physician whos opinion is that I have hypertension (155/ dont remember) and that may be causing them headaches. I was prescribed lotravan and am supposed to see the same physician tomorrow to recheck my pressure and for further evaluation. (i had blood pressure checked in Vancouver a year ago and again it was high 155-160 and dr there said I need to be put on medication to lower it but I ignored advice and tried to lower it thru exercise and diet.

Headache is still present yesterday and today hasnt diminshed or gone away, in fact I am taking Dolex to numb the pain. I am worried it is a brain anuersym or some thing vascular in the brain. They took no blood work at the hospital, no CAT or MRI scans but I have the money and can pay for them to be here or I can hop on a plane tomrrow night and head back to canada to have them done