BLERDgirl
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So weird to see the extreme version of a medical condition you have on Grey's Anatomy. I even called the dx before the interns.
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That's the one I have a pituitary adenoma. Symptom are giantism and weight gain and elevated prolactin levels. They didn't mention the prolactin on the show though. I've had counted MRI's to monitor it. They also tried meds twice to shrink it. Now they just watch & check growth with blood test and MRI's. As long as it's not growing we aren't going to surgery since that can be pretty gnarly. I didn't get the giantism, only the weight gain.
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At first it was. Your pituitary is crazy small. About the size of a lima bean. My tumor is about the size of a small pea. Meds made me sick and didn't really shrink it so as long as I'm asymptomatic we just watch it. I've had it since 2002 and I've probably had 30 head MRI's since. They also monitor my vision because if it grows it can press on your optic nerve and cause blindness.