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Went from 348 to 398. Put on cabergolne .5 twice week. Recheck in 6 weeks. Time for yearly MRI.

 Just got igf 1 level back 528! Beyond annoyed. We are headed Back on the vegan diet. Not sure if that helped last time, but we will try anything. Recheck in 6 weeks. If still high request another...

Igf1 has gone from 312,to 370 in 8 weeks. Starting to worry. 

Gh .05 igf 1 312 testing again in 6 weeks along with all other hormones. He is feeling great, even after double hernia surgery. Still has diabetes but it is under control.

My husband received double hernia surgery on November 30. He is healing well. Hopefully, no more surgeries ever :)

Gh 1.1. IGF 1 285.

Everything seems to be getting back to normal. Hubby feeling strong. He has another surgery coming up November 30. Double hernias. So that might set him back a bit. But at least he wil be as healthy...

My husband had both these procedures done. Found 3 polyps. Removed and biopsied. All fine. Had nodule in duodenum.  That was fine. Still stunned at how much these procedures cost. Like, 10,000...

Met with endo today. All my husbands blood levels were normal. Yaaay! His glucose was a little high 114. But he is diabetic. His gh was 0.4!!!!!! Testosterone went from 225 pre surgery to 690! That's...

Met with neurosurgeon yesterday. It's been 5 weeks since surgery. He advised my husband to return to all normal activity. Took him off hydrocortisone. His diabetes insipidus seems to be gone. Now...

Energy level getting better. He has more good days than bad. His nose and ears seem to be shrinking a bit. He stopped into work and his coworkers said he looks 10 years younger. Still has diabetes...

9 days post surgery and my husband is having a very tuff time getting his energy back. This is a man who went non stop 14 hours a day, 6 days a week prior to surgery. And now gets exhausted just...

So, my husband got the surgery July 5. The surgeon said he believes he got all the tumor and it was a success. He was in more pain than he thought after surgery but the pain was completely gone by 10...

So, surgery is set for July 5.  I did the best I could at finding a "great" surgeon for my husband.  We can't afford to fly all over the country and my husband wants this tumor out now! The surgeon...

So, now we know. He has Acromegaly. We both are coming out of shock and getting down to business. Endo visit tomorrow. 2 neuro surgeons appts. Please God make sure we are sent to the right surgeon...