January 5, 2012 Blood Work
First, my apologies for taking so long to get this up. I had to cancel the blood draw scheduled for for December (twice) due to being busy. That same busy-ness has kept me from posting. First, the new news: I’m off my cabergoline. I was taking .25 mg weekly (down from a high of 1.5 [...]
Sometimes I get mail
A week or so ago I went to Williamsburg to help my brother do some post-hurricane-Irene rebuilding. (Well, and to visit, mostly.) During the visit I’d check my phone periodically and noticed I’d received an email from someone regarding pituitary tumors, meds, and, I think, nausea. I read just a few sentences, realized it would [...]
Mens’ Prolactin May Increase When Spouse is Pregnant
Or “Significant Other” is pregnant. I try to be politically correct, hip and happening, but there’s only so much you can put in a blog title. I gained a bit of weight each time my wife was pregnant with one of our children. At the time I joked I was having a sympathetic pregnancy. Well, [...]
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My Story
I have a couple of pituitary tumors that caused hormone problems — high prolactin and low testosterone. Before getting into the long story I’ll give a bit of summary: I currently take cabergoline at 1/2 pill per week; at my peak I was taking six pills per week (three on Sunday and three on Thursday) [...]
Index
My Pituitary Tumor Index Blood Work History: from July 2001 to present. My Full Story: From where I find out I have low testosterone to getting back to normal-hormone levels. The narrative with the Blood Work history rounds this out. Gynecomastia Posts Pituitary Tumor, Testosterone Gynecomastia, Misc.: This was written not long before my gyno [...]
