Saturday, December 11, 2010

Its not a tumor! (I wish)

Do you remember that scene from Kindergarten Cop where The Arnold is sitting in front of the kids and the little boy goes: "It could be a tumor." The Arnold replies "It is not a tumor!"

Well in my case it is...

In keeping with a positive attitude, I'm trying to stay, well...positive. The report says it measures about 4-6mm and is on the right side of my pituitary gland. I'll have a more extensive conversation about this with my RE early in January (this guy is super booked up). I'm discovering things that I wonder if I would have really known had we not started this process. After careful consideration, I'm decided that after this process is over I do not want to attempt to have anymore children. At this point if we have any children I will be closing in on 33 years old. Anything beyond that is a bit too much for me.

My husband tells me that I do not have my medical degree and that I should not self diagnose. I've tried telling him that I do know how to comprehend (I mean, I am a teacher), and that I know when a report says "exam comments: prolactinoma" (and gives measurements) and the RE wants to see me in person, yeah that pretty much wraps it up.

I know he doesn't want to hear that there is something wrong with me (even if its treatable) so I haven't brought it back up to him, so if you know my husband and you are reading please use tact around him.




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