Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Jayna- Curious to hear if you got the results back yet. Miaja** > > I went for the MRI (pituitary) this morning so that's all done. This > one was a little less nervewracking than the first one since I knew > what to expect now. And like I said before, Ativan and a blindfold > helps the claustrophobia immensely. > > I'm hoping I get the results back before Thanksgiving so I have > another thing to be thankful for. ) > > ~jayna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Well I finally got the results back. " There was no change. " That's what my endo had to say. That means the pituitary is still enlarged and still has a little spot on it. At least it's not worse or anything. My bloodwork indicates that things are moving in a positive direction. I guess I just have to keep taking the medicine for a while longer before I see a change in the big picture. If the results came back that things had changed for the better I would've been able to wait another year before getting another MRI. But since there's no change I have to go in 6 months. *sigh* Is this fairly typical? Do you all go get MRI's? Thanks for asking Miaja. ) ~Jayna > > > > I went for the MRI (pituitary) this morning so that's all done. > This > > one was a little less nervewracking than the first one since I > knew > > what to expect now. And like I said before, Ativan and a blindfold > > helps the claustrophobia immensely. > > > > I'm hoping I get the results back before Thanksgiving so I have > > another thing to be thankful for. ) > > > > ~jayna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Hi, Jayna -- I have never gotten an MRI. What was your endo's thinking in doing that? Is that the way s/he found out you have a small growth on your pituitary? Or were there other symptoms? ~ > > Well I finally got the results back. > " There was no change. " > That's what my endo had to say. That means the pituitary is still > enlarged and still has a little spot on it. > At least it's not worse or anything. My bloodwork indicates that > things are moving in a positive direction. I guess I just have to > keep taking the medicine for a while longer before I see a change in > the big picture. > > If the results came back that things had changed for the better I > would've been able to wait another year before getting another MRI. > But since there's no change I have to go in 6 months. *sigh* > > Is this fairly typical? Do you all go get MRI's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 > > > > Well I finally got the results back. > > " There was no change. " > > That's what my endo had to say. That means the pituitary is still > > enlarged and still has a little spot on it. > > At least it's not worse or anything. My bloodwork indicates that > > things are moving in a positive direction. I guess I just have to > > keep taking the medicine for a while longer before I see a change in > > the big picture. > > > > If the results came back that things had changed for the better I > > would've been able to wait another year before getting another MRI. > > But since there's no change I have to go in 6 months. *sigh* > > > > Is this fairly typical? Do you all go get MRI's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Ah, I see... I had heard of that, prolactin troubles. I've also read, by the way, those growths are amazingly not that hard to remove, should by some chance you have to go through that or a biopsy.... they do not need to go through your skull, they just go through a nostril! Amazing! ~ > > > > Hi, Jayna -- I have never gotten an MRI. What > > was your endo's thinking in doing that? Is that > > the way s/he found out you have a small growth > > on your pituitary? Or were there other symptoms? > > > > ~ > > > > Hi , > > The reason my endo wanted the first MRI done (in May) was because my > bloodwork at that time showed that I had elevated prolactin levels > and that indicated that something may be up with my pituitary gland. > > The MRI showed that the thyroid and pituitary were both 'enlarged' > and a macroadenoma on the pituitary. Microadenomas are typically the > ones that are very common and many people have them and don't even > know it. The larger ones are the macroadenomas and need to be > monitored because of the risk of them growing big enough to > interfere with the optic nerve and affecting vision. I was actually > just told by my doc to get my vision fields checked out just to be > safe, even though the MRI I got a couple weeks ago didn't show any > change in the size of the adenoma. > > I didn't really notice any symptoms outside of the usual hypo/hyper- > thyroid symptoms. The way the doc explained it to me in layman's > terms was the pituitary is not functioning properly (in my case > producing too much prolactin) because it is in a way trying to > overcompensate for the thyroid not functioning correctly. If my > macroadenoma started in a prolacin cell, it would be a prolactinoma. > There's no way of knowing that of course unless they did a biopsy or > something. ew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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