My Pituitary: 07/2012

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.

7/6/12

Levels checked

A quick trip up to OHSU to check on my GH and T4 level.

Growth hormone level is fine, no changes.

T4 finally increased unfortunately it increased too much so my dosage is being decreased to the level between what I'm on now and what I was on in March. So not looking forward to the adjustment period.