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Can a pituitary cyst be 100% cured???
What I mean is can a pituitary cyst and the symptoms be fully cured with surgery.Without damaging the pituitary gland and if hormones are off will it be corrected after surgery.I don't wanna have to go on HRT for the rest of my life.My symptoms are headaches pressure brain fog and lines in field of vision and a fizzing sound in my head sometimes.I also wanna know will this affect my ability to father a child in the future.My doctor said my hormones were normal though and not to worry.I am a 19 year old male and I should be enjoying my life but im worried about this pituitary cyst if anyone has any information or have personal detail of how life is after surgery let me know plzzzz.
I don't know. But I know of a lot a folks who have had pituitary growths removed and gone on to live normal and even med free lives.
These folks tend to not hang around on forums though, as they are out there living life. So try to take what has happened to folks like myself or rumpled as zebra case scenarios and not the norm. I have a little time to spare because I can't work, so here I am.
These folks tend to not hang around on forums though, as they are out there living life. So try to take what has happened to folks like myself or rumpled as zebra case scenarios and not the norm. I have a little time to spare because I can't work, so here I am.
I know it is really scary. I had a couple of pituitary tumors myself. I already had the surgery.
However, que sera sera. Unless you take the replacements you need, and it is undetermined if you will need one, two or six, you won't have a normal life without them - and sadly, some of them are life threatening, some just make you miserable. I currently live without a few glands that are vital to life - you are scared but you adjust and go on. There is no sense worrying about what you don't know - however, get educated, and perhaps you will not be as frightened. I know lots of people who have had this surgery, who had these tumors, who take the meds post op. In general, most do ok. Some do great - a few don't fare so well. Educate yourself and put the odds on your side.
However, que sera sera. Unless you take the replacements you need, and it is undetermined if you will need one, two or six, you won't have a normal life without them - and sadly, some of them are life threatening, some just make you miserable. I currently live without a few glands that are vital to life - you are scared but you adjust and go on. There is no sense worrying about what you don't know - however, get educated, and perhaps you will not be as frightened. I know lots of people who have had this surgery, who had these tumors, who take the meds post op. In general, most do ok. Some do great - a few don't fare so well. Educate yourself and put the odds on your side.
Do you think if I have surgery and get the cyst removed that my symptoms will go away and I can live a normal life.I'm going to give yall more details once I go to my new doctor i'm really scared right now.I hope this isn't life threatning.I also don't wanna have to take hormone replacement at all.
I had a cyst and it would expand and shrink. It caused a lot of damage by doing this. Eventually it "blew up" a few weeks before I was to have surgery. If I had it to do over again I would have had it removed as soon as I found out about it. So while they can stay stable make sure that you have a very very very good doctor who is watching it like a hawk. And yes I had many of the same symptoms and they only got worse after the explosion. I'm not trying to scare you but tell you that you should not be in denial about it and be proactive in finding the best surgeon and neuro endo that you can.
Your can post in the same thread, rather than starting new threads all the time - it would make more sense.
HRT means to you? Usually when that is used, it means estrogen replacements. However, as you have a pituitary lesion, there are risks in surgery. If you have visual field issues, your doctor is not advising you properly IMHO about not having surgery as any damage to the optic nerve is not reversible - and I would question normal in this case. Is your endo a neuro-endocrinologist? Does the doc treat pituitary tumors normally, daily?
I am panhypopituitary - I take replacements for everything except one hormone. I know a lot of men and women in my boat, although less men as less men have these issues. You are better off getting treated than being an ostrich as you can really get a lot sicker if you are not treated.
Do you have copies of your tests and MRI reports? If not, get them. What size is your cyst? Is it a rathke's cyst?
HRT means to you? Usually when that is used, it means estrogen replacements. However, as you have a pituitary lesion, there are risks in surgery. If you have visual field issues, your doctor is not advising you properly IMHO about not having surgery as any damage to the optic nerve is not reversible - and I would question normal in this case. Is your endo a neuro-endocrinologist? Does the doc treat pituitary tumors normally, daily?
I am panhypopituitary - I take replacements for everything except one hormone. I know a lot of men and women in my boat, although less men as less men have these issues. You are better off getting treated than being an ostrich as you can really get a lot sicker if you are not treated.
Do you have copies of your tests and MRI reports? If not, get them. What size is your cyst? Is it a rathke's cyst?
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