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

Is it a new tumor?

No but even Chris gets that wrong sometimes. Neither my first or second surgery could get all of it. Although with the second I had a very experienced and excellent surgeon a small part of the tumor was about the carotid artery and too dangerous to remove. From those cells the tumor re grew. They call it recurrent.
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