Officially it's called an adenoma

You can Google Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenoma if you want detailed information but in a nutshell it’s a benign tumor in my pituitary gland.

Three times, it's grown to the point where it affected my optic nerves and pituitary function. Surgery was performed Feb. 2007 again in Feb. 2009 and yet again Nov. 11, 2010 to remove as much of it as possible.

My vision was preserved in each case however I've lost Growth Hormone production and am on thyroid medication to help those levels.

I had radiation after my last surgery. The risk is I could over time loose all pituitary function. The hope is it will slow or stop the persistent tumor's aggressive growth.

10/22/10

What's wrong?

10/12/10 MRI report - Interval growth of the sellar mass. (Tumor grew) The mass has a new nodule of tissue which extends superiorly contacting and slightly displacing the prechiasmatic cisternal segment of the left optic nerve. This is new from the prior examination. (It's pressing against my optic nerve.)
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