Brain / CNS Tumors Support Group

A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either found in the brain itself, in the cranial nerves, in the brain envelopes, skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from cancers primarily located in other organs (metastatic tumors). Brain tumors may be benign or malignant.

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Pituitary Tumor

angel4me
angel4me
Hi, is there anyone with a pituitary tumor. How are you dealing with it.

I know about mines 14 years now and with the last 2years it has been giving me endless problems.
Judy-Anderson
Judy-Anderson
I had a micro tumor on my pituitary gland. weight gain headaches. I am still going to endocrinologist for this, they are saying now that the tumor --- disapeared. And I say praise God, its a mirical! the thing is that my cortisol is still high, not outrageously like it was, but still high. Now I loose my place, sorry
deleted_user
deleted_user
it was comforting to know i'm not alone, that there are ppl who have/are dealing with the same thing as i am. it was comforting to know that, my world isn't over, i can survive this, for all you others have.

I was diagnosed in Sept 2011 with a 7mm prolactin producing adenoma on the pituitary gland. this was sort of found my accident... i just went to the doctor because for the past year my life had been going down the drain. I stopped talking the birth control pill in sept 2010 to lose weight and get pregnant, however when i stopped my body really went crazy. I kept gaining weight, my mood swings became unmanageable, life become unmanageable, my cycle stopped, the anxiety took over my body, i could not function normally and so i would try and hide, it was making crazy and the migraines made me a different person! So i went to the dr for help to get medicine for hypothryoidism which it so apparently seemed I had, and i did, but the doctor didn't stop there, he said you should have an MRI. and now 2 months later I still have all these SAME symptoms and I'm just barely hanging in there. I have yet to see any specialist, just seeing my regular family physician. Trying to get medical and then to see a neurologists, but from these post it sounds like i'll be needing a endrocologists too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
My darlings: I had this surgery 10 years ago. Had all the same symptoms, but started to lose my vision... That's what prompted me to get help. Obgyn, endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-opthomologists, MRIs.... Finally scheduled the surgery, let me tell you when I woke up from surgery, even in the haze of morphine, I knew I felt better. There was a recovery time, but I was back to normal life very quickly.
I had a hysterectomy this past august; the recovery was way worse than from the brain tumor surgery!
Yes it's scary, but if surgery is recommended, go do it... Especially if you've been feeling like crap for *years* because of the stupid thing!
Hugs to all facing this decision.