Suspected Pituitary Tumour - perspective please!

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I had a chat with my doctor yesterday and he suspects I have a growth on my pituitary gland. I have always had hormonally triggered migraines, recently they have become more and more frequent, added to the fact I've been having a few visual problems makes him think there's something wrong.

Obviously I've done some reading on the subject, but if anyone has any true life experiences I'd very much like to hear about them, as I'm freaking out a bit.

Thanks in advance.

hopeful bumpage

Just want to counter the horrors of google - i have similar symptoms (and some others) and no tumour.

(And my GP was fairly worried somthing might be up.) I don't know what my consultant thinks it is though he said migraine can be really weird sometimes.

Just want to post to let you know you might be OK.

BTW I know someone with a tumour too, and she is not that bothered (even a tumour is not always the end of the world).

HTH and hope you find that you've just got bad headaches and dodgy eyes.

I noticed that drs often either dismiss your concerns for far too long or if they start looking, then usually for the most serious (bit like we when googling, eh :))

I am surprised dr said that with no tests??
However, when I went to a consultant with my blocked ear, he also said that it could be a tumor and he even asked me if I use a mobile phone much - I don't. In the end it was a blocked eustachian tube after a flu.

Why don't you try and pinpoint the trigger for your migraines, it's bound to be something you eat, very common.

If it is a pituitary tumour (and at the moment your dr is just having a bit of a guess), then remember that they don't spread, surgery to remove them is easy (done through the nose as it happens), and even if that doesn't totally work then the radiotherapy is straightforward and with few side effects

Has he referred you for an mri?

My GP and endo were sure I had one... several blood tests and a MRI later they found I didn't.

The endo said even if i had one, it would be benign, easily treatable and nothnig that would kill me.