My Pituitary: 08/2012

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.

8/1/12

Refill mess up

GH is a specialty drug so when my pharmacy's supplier messed up and didn't send it on time, I couldn't just go to another pharmacy and pick it up. I had to go without for four days. Doesn't sound like a long time but any disruption messes me up. Why? Just me, just how my body works with it, just is. Misery descended for the next few weeks. The pharmacy promised this will not happen again.