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sophi1960 
I am a late- 40s woman and I have a tumor on my pituitary gland (in head, under brain) the size of a golf ball or a walnut. It showed up on an x-ray last summer (2007) when I was being checked for a sinus infection.
I have been trying to get a ct scan or MRI but it is almost impossible.
The problems the tumor causes are:
- green/black fluid build up in breasts
- breast pain
- back pain
- fatigue
- depression
I am not sure why it causes all this back pain and fatigue but I am hoping to find out.
So far I have been unable to get the medical help I require and I am getting very frustrated with trying to find help.
I have been dealing with suicidal thoughts for some time now and trying to just take things one day at a time.
I have been to the clinic six times and the doctors keep telling me to go home, take a tylonol, and come back to see another doctor in a month.
I am scared. What if I don't have a lot of months left? I would really like to know how to find out what the rate of growth is and where I could get some treatment for this.
I live in Canada and there is a severe doctor shortage here. I have to wait another month before I can see anyone.
There is so much more I keep wanting to write but then erase the words again because they sound too depressing and I am trying very hard to keep as positive as possible.
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Hey Sugar, don't despair...these things are not usually fatal and they do respond to the medication, the vast majority of the time. Its just a matter of time until somebody, somewhere sees you. If necassary, come to the US and get your treatment started. The meds are icky, but you will most likely see results that are positive in just a few weeks. In the meantime, keep trying to find a doctor somewhere that can make a decision for you. Depression, fatigue and body aches are all paramount in this. Everyone of us on Team Proloactinoma has these symptoms in varying degree, so you are not alone. God Bless You...on
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