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 I went to 3 specialists in Utah to see what is up w/ my head. The tumor is definitely pinching my optic nerves, but not too much yet. It is growing rapidly. It has tripled in size in the last year and a half. Most of that probably has been occurring since I started nursing, so in the last 5 months. Here are the results in a nutshell....
1)Endocrinologist (hormone Doc): My prolactin is out of whack(we already knew this)I can take pills the rest of my life or have surgery.
2)Eye Specialist: I did a field of vision test and I am not losing my eyesight yet....I will be doing these tests every other month while I continue nursing.
3)Neurosurgeon: It would be best for me to get surgery sooner than later. As the tumor grows it will be harder to operate and get everything and not get stuff that they don't want to get. (Sorry I didn't word that better...)
Options:
a) Quit nursing immediately, Medication, blood tests and MRI's the rest of my life monitoring the tumor and hope it starts to shrink. If it continues to grow I will have to have surgery anyway.
b) Brain Surgery. If surgery goes well I will not have to be on medications the rest of my life and it will be much easier to get pregnant in the future and I will be able to nurse. If they don't get all the tumor, it will grow back and I will continue having the same problems. If they get too much of my pituitary gland w/ the tumor I will be on hormone replacements the rest of my life and I will never be able to nurse and it will be hard to have kids.

So, there is my predicament. I will continue nursing for the next few months while getting blood tests and vision tests every other month to make sure the tumor is not affecting me until we decide what to do. I will also be taking herbal supplements (Vitex) while we are deciding and while they are monitoring me to see if that helps. If that helps, I will probably do vitex long term and have another MRI in a bit to see if it shrinks on vitex. That way I can nurse and hopefully keep this thing from growing at the same time as nursing is the main thing that makes it grow.

Currently I struggle with headaches (almost 24/7), lack of energy, and out of control milk production.