Hi. I had a craniotomy back in October 2002, to remove a 13mm tumor that was sitting between my pit gland and my brain. (I don't remember the name of that space) Anyway, the pathology reports of that tumor were "inconclusive", because there were many conflicting cells. I don't understand all of that stuff, but the symptoms I had before the surgery, were also kind of scattered. I completely stopped periods, gained weight, (lots of it), and was able to express milk from my breasts. (they never leaked, and I had to actually test myself by expressing it. Since my surgery, the MRI's I've had have shown no regrowth. However, I still do not have periods, I still can't lose weight, and I can still express milk. I was told that as long as I didn't want anymore children, that it was ok to not menstuate. I just thought since there's no trace of a tumor, that my hormones would have returned to normal. Now it's been so long, I'm sort of scared, even though nothing has changed. I'm even more, I guess ashamed or embarrassed, that I have waited this long, and going to the doctor has become almost an avoidance. If I went to my family doctor now, what will he want me to do? I'm sure an endocrinologist is in order, but I'm scared I will find out something terrible. What can one expect with an undiagnosed tumor, and what else could be wrong? The longer I wait, the more scared I am, yet I know the longer I wait, that's just more time for something to develop into something worse. I'm very unsure of what my protocol should be. I guess I just wanted to state all of this. I don't know that anyone has had this in common with me. Thank you for listening. Susan |
