No blood results yet, but I picked up the MRI films and report.

The tumor is measured on 3 sides.

Two sides show a 4mm reduction, and the third side shows a 2mm reduction.

The tumor is roughly 30% smaller!

So that's cool :)

Today marks four years at my current job.

It's the longest job I've ever held.

And five years ago this past week, dodged brain surgery by minutes. (Although I wish I had known then what I know now, because I would have had the surgery...only with a better surgeon specializing in pituitary tumors cause that hunk o' junk in my head still pisses me ( Read more... )

My endocrinologist doubled my testosterone prescription ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I was going to go to Dallas and see a pituitary endocrinologist in Dallas ( Read more... )

I went to the endocrinologist last Monday to see how the pituitary tumor's doing.

I guess my endocrinologist works on Sundays, 'cause he just sent the report.

Testosterone is still low. It's not even in the low end of the range, and I should at least be in the middle of the range. This one shocked me. I was sure I was going to see it within ( Read more... )

I went out for lunch with two friends today.

During lunch, one of them said, "You seem a lot more chipper lately."

It was nice knowing it's not all in my head...

* * *I'm feeling like my old self again ( Read more... )

Since going back on testosterone gel for the pituitary tumor, I've noticed some changes ( Read more... )

I had a goal when I started writing: to sell a novel by the time I was 40. Sometimes plans don't work out the way you hope. Things come along that get in the way: people get sick, people die, and sometimes you're the one getting sick ( Read more... )

I started back on testosterone gel this morning for the pituitary tumor. I forgot how much I hate the stuff. It's a gel applied to the shoulders and upper arms ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday I went to the endocrinologist. Yesterday I had an MRI. I heard from the endocrinologist about everything today, and he wasn't pleased with the progress of things. But...I feel better than I did last year, and that's what I'm going by ( Read more... )