My pituitary tumour (which I hope is gone!)
February 23, 2009 10:27am
I feel a bit sad, that I came to this site expecting to find support from others who suffered the same or a similar condition and share …
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PaulaPMP 
11:36am, September 9, 2009
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PaulaPMP
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About Me
I am 54 and married (later in life) with three stepchildren and three grandchildren. I have been a former secretary/receptionist in the social welfare and medical fields, then running a small part-time secretarial business from home. My husband is a former builder who can no longer work due to work-exacerbated arthritis. We live in an old home which we are slowly renovating. I have a strong religious faith (Catholic)which has helped me through this grief.
I am 54 and married (later in life) with three stepchildren and three grandchildren. I have been a former secretary/receptionist in the social welfare and medical fields, then running a small part-time secretarial business from home. My husband is a former builder who can no longer work due to work-exacerbated arthritis. We live in an old home which we are slowly renovating. I have a strong religious faith (Catholic)which has helped me through this grief.
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Paula,
I agree entirely: abortion is not s good thing.
What pains me is people having babies who probably shouldn't... they just do because that's what society expects from them.
That's how we get babies in dumpsters and thousands of more people on DS... messed up from bad childhoods.
I think women who choose not to have children should not be denied birth control or sterilization.
I think children are wonderful. We should love them enough to careful in making them.
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sending some love your way, for being such a fantastic friend! hope things get better again soon xxxx
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Hello Paula...Sorry I have not posted much to you lately...Not posted much at all this month,been very,very busy. How have you been Paula? Hope you are happy and healthy... mark x
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Thank you Paula, I dont get much support.....John and I are doing wonderfully. He treats me like a princess...like he did when I fell in love with him. All before the two of us became alcoholics....He was still in jail when I tried to kill myself and our top male model who is a great friend to both of us called the EMS. I was still in the hospital when he got out and I was in lock down and he wasnt allowed to see me....he nearly went crazy..his heart broken...I came home 2 days later and he has been very very good to me. We love each other. theres no doubt...but he becomes a monster when he drinks and I dont put up with it when I drink, so you can imagine how bad things got.....we have decided together to stay sober and love each other as we want to. and build our new photography business together...my family was unable to handle it all and they can not stand John...they gave me a choice John, or them....I love my family, but I am not going to live my life alone or run away from something that can be fixed in making my future happy and wonderful....they will have to understand that. i still feel sad inside...I did want to die that night and end it all including my horrible financial situation Im in...But John will do something to cheer me up as soon as my mood changes and he tells me he loves me and that I can not think of the past or anything to do with killing myself....he is very loving and supportive....I have a long ways to go to heal...I know that....but I have a decent start to a better future. No more alcohol and lots of love from newly changed bf....wish us luck.....
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Hello Paula...not seen you about,hope you happy and well...xx
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Tips & pointers for building a spiritual life from scratch
Pray
Meditate
Be aware/Stay awake
Bow
Practise yoga
Feel
Chant and sing
Breathe and smile
Relax/Enjoy/Laugh/Play
Create/Envision
Let Go/Forgive/Accept
Walk/Exercise/Move
Work/Serve/Contribute
Listen/Learn/Enquire
Consider/Reflect
Cultivate oneself/Enhance competencies
Cultivate contentment
Cultivate flexibility
Cultivate friendship and collaboration
Lighten up
Celebrate and appreciate
Dream
Give thanks
Evolve
Love
Share/Give/Receive
Walk softly/Live gently
Expand/Radiate/Dissolve
Simplify
Surrender/Trust
Be born anew
from Awakening The Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das
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At 22 I was diagnosed with a suspected pituitary tumour, the news shattering me, as my dream had been for marriage and children. I always prayed for a miracle. For 20 years I consulted with a top endocrinologist in Melbourne and he always gave me hope. But I had to wait for "Mr Right" before I could be treated. Then when I was 40 an MRI scan confirmed a tumour & the new drug Cabergoline came onto the market. I experienced fertility plus a libido for 10 years & finally married!
Treatments
- Dostinex Working / Worked
- Cabergoline worked almost immediately for me. (At the start I experienced severe constipation.) Within a couple of weeks I experienced my first period in 20 years, plus I finally had a real sex drive which was overwhelming. This was a happy yet demoralising time for me, because it was like going through puberty again "overnight" and I found myself taking foolish risks sexually with some 'unstable' men! I had always been a good-living woman, so this was difficult to deal with emotionally.
Close Alcoholism
I drink too much - always have. Alcohol is really the only thing that calms me and reduces my anxiety. I know this is unhealthy and that I have an addictive personality. But I can't face a life without being able to have at least a couple of drinks. I'm an alcoholic I guess. A couple of my uncles were alcoholics, and I know I've inherited the gene! My belief is that the underlying reason for people becoming alcoholic is a predisposition to anxiety conditions. I suffer this. I'm 54 now.
Treatments
- Pataday Working / Worked
- I havent tried anything. Sad I know! I just try to make the most of the days I have left on this earth. Ive finally found a husband and am happy at last!
