Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Hi, Cammie. Thank you for your suggestion for me to talk to my doc about my pituitary concerns way back when. I do not have an adenoma, but my endocrinologist wants to see me at 6 month intervals to keep track of my " borderline " results. Whether or not this develops into something (I pray it doesn't), I am educated now, and have some good docs looking after me. Thanks! Eileen :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I am just delighted, if my suggestion was helpful, although I don't wish you any pituitary concerns, for sure! Did your man rule out any form of acromegaly? Or does acromegaly come about only from an adenoma? I don't really know much about it, except that it can be serious and deserves to be taken seriously. I do know that it took Dr. Norman Kaplan, one of the world-class experts at that time, a week of tests on my husband back in the 1960s to figure out that he might have, and probably did, have acromegaly at one time, but that it had arrested itself somehow. (He wore a size 13 shoe, and I had to have his wedding ring resized twice before we were married to get it big enough to fit his large-boned finger!) Good wishes to you! Cammie > Hi, Cammie. > > Thank you for your suggestion for me to talk to my doc about my > pituitary concerns way back when. I do not have an adenoma, but my > endocrinologist wants to see me at 6 month intervals to keep track of > my " borderline " results. Whether or not this develops into something > (I pray it doesn't), I am educated now, and have some good docs > looking after me. Thanks! > > Eileen :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I am just delighted, if my suggestion was helpful, although I don't wish you any pituitary concerns, for sure! Did your man rule out any form of acromegaly? Or does acromegaly come about only from an adenoma? I don't really know much about it, except that it can be serious and deserves to be taken seriously. I do know that it took Dr. Norman Kaplan, one of the world-class experts at that time, a week of tests on my husband back in the 1960s to figure out that he might have, and probably did, have acromegaly at one time, but that it had arrested itself somehow. (He wore a size 13 shoe, and I had to have his wedding ring resized twice before we were married to get it big enough to fit his large-boned finger!) Good wishes to you! Cammie > Hi, Cammie. > > Thank you for your suggestion for me to talk to my doc about my > pituitary concerns way back when. I do not have an adenoma, but my > endocrinologist wants to see me at 6 month intervals to keep track of > my " borderline " results. Whether or not this develops into something > (I pray it doesn't), I am educated now, and have some good docs > looking after me. Thanks! > > Eileen :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 > Did your man rule out any > form of acromegaly? Or does acromegaly come about only from an > adenoma? I don't really know much about it, except that it can be > serious and deserves to be taken seriously. From what I understand, you must have a growth on the pituitary. This tumor puts pressure on the pituitary and it excretes growth hormone or another hormone. If it is GH, it is called acromegaly, if it is a different hormone, it is called something else. My doctor told me, with a GH tumor, the only thing to do is surgically remove it--drugs don't work. It is a blessing that your husband's arrested itself. I don't have a tumor--just a " thickening " of the tissue. She told me since I don't have anything to surgically remove, I am technically OK. She is concerned about my symptoms, though, which are indicitive of acromegaly. It's possible that it is just beginning, that this thickening has put pressure on the pituitary, and we're just extremely perceptive to pick it up this early. It is also possible that it is all coincidence. So, long story short: they're keeping an eye on me. Eileen :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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