Just ask your doctor to test these hormones (GH, TSH, LH, FSH,
Prolactin). I'm surprised he doesn't take some initiative, since
specialist are hard to find, and things are dragging along for you.
Press him to do it and post them with ranges.


Chris



--- In Hypopituitarysupport@yahoogroups.com, dpitt <dbora@i...> wrote:
> Hi Chris;
>
> Thanks for your support. Unfortunately, the whole point is I *have*
asked
> for other pituitary hormones to be checked, back in mid/late May.
The doc
> agreed, that is why he was going to call the endo, to find out
exactly
> which tests to run. Still nothing, other than the CT.
>
> No history of head injury in my case, so that can't be it.
>
> Unfortunately, moving to a big city would necessitate moving
thousands of
> kilometres away and is simply not possible. My job and partner are
here and
> he cannot move because of his businesses. The perils of living in
the
> wilderness, I guess! ;)
>
> Thanks,
> Deb
>
>
> >Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:39:16 -0000
> > From: "Chris Jackson" <chrisgj@s...>
> >Subject: Re: CT scan normal - now what?
> >
> >I'm sorry you have to go through being treated like that. An MRI
> >probably would have been better. Keep in mind that sometimes
> >hypopituitarism does not involve tumors, such is my case.
> >Unfortunately when nothing is found a lot of times the docs don't
> >think to ask if any head injurys in your past.
> >
> >Keep pushing. Don't let up. My road took 18 months but I
eventually
> >got help.
> >
> >You ought to ask for your other pituitary hormones to be tested in
> >the mean time.
> >
> >Something else to consider is maybe moving to a big city so as
your
> >diagnosis and treatment will happen sooner. After you are fixed
up
> >(might take 2 or more years)then maybe move back to where you
are.
> >Just a thought.
> >
> >
> >Hang in there,
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >--- In Hypopituitarysupport@yahoogroups.com, "dbora67"
<dbora@i...>
> >wrote:
> >> Took almost two weeks for the results to come back, and even
then
> >> they didn't even bother to call me to say "BTW, you can relax,
you
> >> don't have a big brain tumour!" I have read CT is too coarse to
> >pick
> >> up microadenomas, however, so I suspect this is not the end of
the
> >> investigation should the as-yet-unordered blood tests still lean
> >that
> >> way.
> >>
> >> I cannot see my doc until the end of the month to even ask a
> >> question, this now being about two months after he promised to
> >figure
> >> out what was going on. Still no blood tests have been ordered,
no
> >> endo has been consulted to my knowledge, and my phone calls to
ask
> >> questions about what is happening are not being returned. I
guess I
> >> have little choice but to sit an wait since I don't have a
choice
> >of
> >> another doctor.
> >>
> >> Frustratedly,
> >> D'b
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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