Prolactinoma Support Group
A prolactinoma is a benign tumor of the pituitary gland that produces a hormone called prolactin. It is the most common type of pituitary tumor. Symptoms of prolactinoma are caused by too much prolactin in the blood or by pressure of the tumor on surrounding tissues. Prolactin stimulates the breast to produce milk during pregnancy. After delivery of the baby, a mother's...
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well I have good news for you. 36 years ago, my mom had milk discharge and absence of menses for 7 years after she got my elder brother. Doctors at that time had no means to detect her pituitary tumor and tried all kinds of barbaric treatments including the contraceptive pill. When she decided to stop her pill, she got pregnant and I was born, despite her persisting symptoms. I heard my brother was praying every night to have a sibling and I don't know if it is his prayers being heard...Three years later, she did a surgery to remove her tumor and ever since, she fully recovered.
Today, I have a 3 mm pituitary tumor with amenhorrea. I am leaving it untreated since i am not worried of the possibility of getting pregnant if I really wanted to...
We have 3 healthy and smart kids. If you would like to know more and have any specific questions please message me. I've had the tumor since 1993 when I was diagnosed. It was 1cm. After meds shrunk to 5mm. 2 kids were conceived while taking Parlodel and the last baby I was taking Dostinex.
HTH and GL