MRI

[North48]

I am having an MRI on the 11th of May and I asked if it was a T3 dynamic and they said it was a 3T but didn't know what the dynamic was.  Will this be the same?

[testdeprived]

hey north48 is this guy at the mayo clinic? im sorry to hear youre not doing so hot!

[rumpled]

If, and that is a huge if (because, in my non-medical opinion, your doc is wrong wrong wrong!) you had a non-functioning tumor, that type of tumor requires surgery because of the symptoms that I listed before. The endo is thinking of the the name (it is named badly) and not really of what the tumor really IS, and thus is not really saying what she really means - incidentaloma. BTW if you wait until your eyes are involved, you are really in deep, deep _... Why lose your eyesight over a lousy doctor? Those that finally see a doc when the eyes are involved generally have a lot of problems. And even small tumors have tons of symptoms - heck mine was only 6mm (which shrank to a shadow, ended up being as hyperplasia) and I ended up disabled. It is the disease process - they need to look at that. It is sometimes very hard to find that doctor.

Still, you have a tumor, you have symptoms. and you need a competent doctor to figure it all out.

[North48]

You are absolutely right!!!  I'm trying to find a good doctor that will give me good advise and what my options are.  It's been really hard to find them in the midwest.  I haven't heard of anyone talk about nerve impingement.

[horselip]

I don't really know if there is any point in trying to convince? I mean you have headaches and the treatment is kind of the same as you are probably dealing with nerve impingement. I've never heard of being allergic to cortisol? But yeah, the decision to push for surgery (or not) is a HUGE one. You need doctors who believe you and to give you the facts straight up with the good and bad.
Horselip

[LivingInHope]

On the original MRI,the radiologist found the tumor to measure 4 x 6 mm.  On the most recent MRI (last July), a different facility did the MRI in a different state and radiologist felt it was not as obvious as on previous 2 studies and that the tumor looked closer to 5 mm than 6, plus he couldn't get a measurement the other direction.  The neuroendo at Vanderbilt could barely see anything on the most recent MRI, though she was kind enough to show me the tumor on a previous MRI.  Makes me wonder if maybe it's one of those cysts Horselip or somebody talked about?

[North48]

What size is your tumor?  We sound like we have very similar symptoms.

I'm not advacating for surgery for my self but I would like a dr to admit this tumor could be the cause of many of my symptoms.  These doctors keep sending me on so many goose chases that haven't accomplished a thing except to waste my time and money.