#pituitary tumour

[mistywitcher]

so i haven’t posted on tumblr in ages because i ended up having brain surgery!

tina tumour is gone! it was a rough few weeks following the surgery, but i think im coming out the other side now!

i no longer have cushing’s disease as my surgery was successful! my cortisol has dropped and now i have secondary adrenal insufficiency and have to take replacement cortisol!

i’m exhausted a lot of the time, have headaches most days but i feel better than i have in years stress wise, and so much mentally with it!

[healthcareplatform]

https://biiut.com/read-blog/46505_pituitary-tumours-what-are-they-symptoms-risk-factors-diagnosis-treatment-and-mo.html

[my-vanishing-777]

Victorian breastfeeding advocate faces legal action for comments critical of men ‘chest feeding’

“The purpose of breastfeeding is to nourish the infant, not to make one feel feminine…men's chest feeding is simply a science experiment at the expense of the infant to validate the desires of men to be women.” -@stephbastiaan

September 18, 2024

By Stephanie Bastiaan

Victorian mother and breastfeeding advocate Jasmine Sussex is being taken to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) by trans-identified male Jennifer Buckley after raising concerns online about biological males trying to chest feed newborn babies. Courts, including QCAT, have the power to summon respondents to attend proceedings in a location most convenient to the applicant. This legal action follows three years of complaints by Buckley to various authorities, including the Queensland Human Rights Commission and the e-Safety Commission, who subsequently ordered posts by Sussex that said men can't breastfeed to be removed.

Buckley first documented his attempts to lactate on Facebook in 2019 while his wife was pregnant with their son. Supported by his endocrinologist, Dr Naomi Achong, he started increasing his doses of oestrogen and taking the drug domperidone in the months leading up to the birth. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, Buckley said his wife supported his desire to breastfeed their baby.

Men can't breastfeed; men shouldn't chest feed.

Men cannot produce mother's milk. However, they can produce substances like galactorrhea - a milky discharge from the nipples unrelated to breastfeeding. It can be drug-induced or caused by illnesses such as tumours of the pituitary gland. There is no evidence to support the safety or nutritional value of such excretions nor the long-term effects on the infant. There is enormous concern, however, that the commonly used lactation drug domperidone carries a potential risk of causing problems with the baby's heart.

#IStandWithJasmineSussex

[sigmaleph]

hm. i don't quite understand how the four humours relate to the similarly named substances that we do actually know exist in our body

like, blood seems easy, right. we all know what blood is, i have to assume that when Galen or whomstever talked about blood-the-humour they were talking about the red thing that leaks out of your body when injured, even if they wouldn't have understood what it was made of and ascribed it entirely different properties.

but then there's phlegm. there's a real thing called phlegm. i would also expect it to have been familiar as a concept to anyone who remotely paid attention to the human body for the last couple thousand years? we keep coughing it out when sick and all. but then i find this passage in wikipedia:

The phlegm of Humourism is far from the same thing as phlegm as it is defined today. Nobel laureate Charles Richet MD, when describing humorism's "phlegm or pituitary secretion" in 1910 asked rhetorically, "this strange liquid, which is the cause of tumours, of chlorosis, of rheumatism, and cacochymia - where is it? Who will ever see it? Who has ever seen it? What can we say of this fanciful classification of humours into four groups, of which two are absolutely imaginary?"

the two he agrees are real are blood and yellow bile, so apparently he agrees that humours can be 'real' even if the theory of humours says all sorts of weird things about them that aren't true. but then why exclude phlegm? is the phlegm of humours people entirely unrelated to phlegm as in sputum? why do they have the same name, then?

and then there's the biles. yellow bile and black bile. bile is a real thing, and it is yellowish; Richet grants that yellow bile is the same thing as it. Is there anything that could plausibly be matched with black bile in reality, and what is it called?

[citylawns]

I'm genuinely so scared and ashamed of not being able to put the weight on and being treated like it's deliberate or it being insinuated I'm being vain and callous with my health again when I've been struggling so much with my health these past few years, both physical and mental, and am doing all I can do optimise it. it's literally the complete opposite, I think and care about it often because I have to. these kinds of "I think you're skinny on purpose" underhand comments have been used to chip away at my self esteem for fucking years and having a medical professional tell me that the immense pain I'm in is just my fault because of the BMI my body is is making me associate food and shame again which isn't something I've felt for years - the last time being when I was a kid and how other children and adults would always make some sort of comment on my food intake and my body, literally watching me eat and then deciding to tell me they were "surprised" to see me eat it all. so now bc she told me she wants me to put on 10kg (without even asking what my diet looked like) when I eat and feel full and stop eating I feel ashamed that I don't want to eat more and I know everyones response is always "stop complaining no one wants to hear this bc I starve myself to look like you" I'm just so sick of hearing it from people who are obviously victimised by very sick misogynist society but they're fucked in the head for taking it out on other women who are suffering, even if it is "less so" to them bc I have something they want that's reinforced to them. it's not a narrative that's reinforced to me, we have different experiences and there's room for me to express mine.

I'm just so sick of the bullshit narrative around BMI, food, womens health and bodies because I know women who are incredibly healthy and active but considered "overweight" and are being told all their issues are about their weight (my lovely manager at work has this and its so nice having someone who gets it and doesn't turn nasty or spiteful or say I need to be quiet) and I know I'm going on about it too much but getting my period today triggered all her comments again and I just feel so fucking conflicted and confused because I feel like I'm going crazy... I know I'm slim but I can't believe she thinks I'm so thin I could die imminently if I break a bone !?! she didn't test my muscle density, she didn't measure my body fat, she didn't take my skeletal frame into account... just went on the reductive fucking BMI scale.

I know what makes me happy, I know what makes me feel good, I know what food I enjoy, but I'm still going to do all I can to put on weight but without associating it with punishment and shame and fear as well as trying to eat foods high in estrogen to get this hormone up in my body. if I do manage to gain 10kg and I still have the same issue maybe she will actually start looking into the minor tumour in my pituitary gland that she things isn't enough to affect my estrogen levels even though I literally have high levels of prolactin which lowers estrogen (which they found in me when I was 17 and my breasts weren't growing and my insane mum tried to coerce me into getting breast implants on the NHS by telling me to fake having dysphoric feelings about my body, which is when they scanned my brain and took my blood to investigate my hormones)

I hate how "wrong" I'm told my body is. physically it's too small, skinny but not in the right way. medically its apparently unhealthy according to BMI. and in terms of sex its wrong too because it didn't develop the way other women's bodies did. I've never felt so unhappy and ashamed and insecure of my physical form in my life, perhaps apart from when I was sexually assaulted

[muppenthings]

Hey, I was wondering if you could maybe elaborate a little bit more on Cetus' gigantism thing.

Absolutely! Fantasy medical talk incoming!

Cetus is a Freshwater mer (this is important xD). As the name indicates, they live mainly in rivers and brackish water (they are capable of breathing saltwater however, they just need time to get used to it). They are much more sensetive to changes in the water than their saltwater dwelling relatives. So a mer living in polluted water for the duration of pregnancy could cause the offspring to be born with genetic mutations. Like Cetus' gigantism.

His pituitary gland (the gland that's in charge of producing, and telling other organs to produce, hormones) is constantly producing growth hormone. It's not because of a tumour or anything, he's just constantly growing. So the humans have to give him medicine to regulate his hormones; by stopping the production of growth hormone. It's a monthly intramuscular injection that he loathes. It does have some side effects. Like the injection causes pain, redness and swelling (only for a few days, but still). The medicine makes him nauseous and gives him abdominal pain and headaches. They also last for a few days.

But Cetus doesn't exactly have a choice. If he's not medicated, he will keep growing indefinitely. Or at least for as long as he's got a food source. But as you can imagine he'd wreak havoc on the entire ocean before ultimately starving. :/

Fun fact: The medication was one of the reasons little Cetus ran/swam away from the humans in the first place. They were experimenting with the medicine, giving him different kinds and such. Unfortunately the different medicine and doses made him feel very sick, the injections hurt and nobody really comforted him properly. So he escaped in a temper tantrum. Then he got lost and just kept swimming. xD

[deanwax]

Chloe

I remember the neon-blue Alizé in the bottle Leftover from the trip down South I walked home from the dinner party on a warm and fuzzy high Then dragged myself back up the hill in the morning The house looked peaceful from the outside when I drove away Later I heard about your mum falling during cleanup Her head almost hit the kitchen counter The tumour was so close to the pituitary gland

(she says brain fluid tastes like saltwater)

I remember the dark shapes of the seaweed on the sand As I privately confess in awkward words, the unfairness How cruel it is that she can’t conceive after trying so hard She’d be the best mum and she deserves her own I don’t remember her saying much It was probably too painful We talk about her job instead Still social work but less stress if she gets it

(your mum is very patient with me)

I remember the taste of carrot cake in my mouth Your mum’s smile as she tells me “I love how she goes,” she says to our friends’ giggling, and it’s true I can’t stop my feet whipping back and forth across the carpet Too-big feelings stick with me for months I take her hand after the Van Gogh exhibit You are showing underneath her sundress I tell her I am so excited that you are coming

(it’s like no time at all has passed)

I remember extra servings at Bort’s birthday The exhilarating swing between confusion and joy What it means that your parents are gone Hello! I am so happy to meet you You are the smallest little bundle, a perfect sweet potato I am gently scolded for hogging the baby But I just want to stare at you like a weirdo And wonder what you’ll do

(it’s true I did hog you a little bit)

I remember my hand is the width of your back You are pale and pink and impossibly warm Every act of eating is pure carnage You are so proud of your little teeths You will probably walk before the year is out I can't wait to talk with you I don't know what kind of stuff you will like yet We're all so excited to see

(Please don't hate me too much as a toddler) (I know you might) (It's okay)

[whatisurspaghettipolicy]

2am thoughts but it's kind of wild that my doctor can be like "yeah you got a brain tumour but im sure it'll be okay. Oh, it's causing cancer in your uterus and has physically smashed your pituitary gland to smithereens, but nothing we can do here buddy enjoy the fact that nobody can stop you from taking the day off with a migraine" but if I were to just tell our product team "oh, that microservice is down? Can't help you out, disaster recovery is too hard" id fully be fired

[balthazarslostlibrary]

Thinking about the time when I got a blood test done and the lab technician wrote in big capital letters that I had dangerously low testosterone levels and I should seek immediate healthcare because of the risk of a testicular or pituitary tumour.

Turns out they were using a male range for my hormone levels even though I'd been on E and a T-blocker for over a year. And they just. Didn't check my patient notes.

The next time I had a blood test ordered, my doctor had written 'TRANS' in big red capital letters on the order form so they couldn't miss it and cause another minor heart attack.

[airyairyaucontraire]

learned a new word today, "galactorrhea"

which sounds... sort of terrifying

or maybe a good name for a death metal band with an outer space theme

but actually means spontaneous lactation not associated with childbirth or nursing (can happen to people who've never been pregnant in the first place, cisgender men, transgender women, etc)

it can be caused by hormonal dysregulation or thyroid problems, possibly a tumour in/on the pituitary gland, or as a side effect of some medications (obviously HRT and/or birth control pills, but also certain antipsychotics), but apparently no obvious cause is found in about 50% of cases

flipping heck people's bodies are surprising

[mistywitcher]

something i didn’t anticipate was being able to feel the tumour in my head.

AND THATS FREAKY.

i’ve had this constant low key headache for about a month, and have no realised ITS LITERALLY MY TUMOUR.

tina tumour is not cool.

tina tumour needs to be taken out.

fuck u tina tumour

[antichrister]

Do female rats have any weird things like the penis plug you have to do deal with? I've been thinking of adopting a rat but the penis plug has put me off getting a male one

penis plugs aren't inevitable but aren't uncommon especially when a male rat is having mobility problems and can't clean himself properly, which usually happens when they're old. i can't say i blame you for being put off cos they're gross 😅

I've had to take care of i think 4 of my boys' penis plugs, albeit for a very short period of time - generally, by the time they're old enough to not be able to clean their genitals properly, their back legs weren't working so good anymore and it was very nearly their time.

personal side note, but I've found the penis plugs to kind of be a sign for when it was their time. they were all old rats by the time they were having that issue on top of others. not saying penis plugs automatically mean they've gotta be put down, but in my experience they weren't the First Sign and rather one of the last. they can happen at any age really if the rat hasn't cleaned himself properly, though I've not seen any in my young boys.

female rats are very prone to mammary tumours, and that's honestly one of the main reasons i went with boys instead. in the collective 14 rats I've had, i think we've had one tumour. it wasn't confirmed (would've needed an autopsy), but it was very likely germ died because of a pituitary tumour.

whereas my friend who has just female rats (and has had them for less time than I've had mine), they've had one rat who's had to have a couple surgeries to remove a couple tumours already.

ultimately it's up to you what you can handle, but I'm definitely open to any questions that may help you make your mind up. ❤

[lizardsexposed]

the logical end of this argument from the idiots about the Olympics is of course if you have a brain tumour on your pituitary gland and stop producing hormones, you are therefore a man

absolute fucking brain rot

[crossborderscare]

A pituitary tumour is a growth in the pituitary gland that can affect hormone levels and overall health. Effective treatment options, including advanced pituitary tumour surgery in India, offer hope for patients. Expert surgeons and state-of-the-art facilities in India provide comprehensive care, ensuring the best possible outcomes for those affected by this condition.

[bcisurat]

Spotlight on Paediatric Brain Tumours: Types, Treatments, and Survival Rates

Paediatric brain tumours, though relatively rare, represent one of the most devastating forms of cancer affecting children in India and worldwide. At Blood and Cancer Institute, our team of paediatric cancer specialists in Surat, understand the unique challenges and complexities involved in diagnosing and treating these tumours in young patients.

Brain tumours in children can arise from various types of cells within the brain or surrounding tissues. While some tumours may be non-cancerous (benign), others can be malignant (cancerous) and potentially life-threatening. Understanding the different types of paediatric brain tumours is crucial for determining the most effective course of treatment and improving survival rates.

Types of Paediatric Brain Tumours

1. Astrocytomas: These tumours originate from star-shaped cells called astrocytes, which play a supportive role in the brain. Astrocytomas can range from low-grade (slow-growing) to high-grade (aggressive) tumours.

2. Medulloblastomas: Commonly found in the cerebellum (the part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination), medulloblastomas are highly malignant tumours that can spread to other parts of the brain and spinal cord.

3. Ependymomas: These tumours develop from ependymal cells lining the ventricles (fluid-filled spaces) and the central canal of the spinal cord. Ependymomas can occur in various parts of the brain and spinal cord.

4. Gliomas: Gliomas are tumours that arise from glial cells, which provide support and protection for neurons in the brain. They can be further classified as low-grade or high-grade gliomas, depending on their aggressiveness.

5. Craniopharyngiomas: Cancer specialists in Surat say that these rare, non-cancerous tumours that develop from cells near the pituitary gland, which is responsible for producing important hormones that regulate growth and development.

Treatments for Paediatric Brain Tumours

At Blood and Cancer Institute, one of the best cancer hospitals in Surat, our multidisciplinary team of specialists collaborates closely to develop comprehensive treatment plans tailored to each child’s unique needs. The treatment approach may involve one or more of the following:

1)Chemotherapy: Various chemotherapy drugs may be used to shrink or control the growth of brain tumours, either alone or in combination with other treatments.

2. Radiation Therapy: Precision radiation techniques, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton therapy, can target the tumour with high doses of radiation while sparing nearby healthy tissues.

3. Targeted Therapy: Newer therapies target specific molecular pathways or genetic mutations involved in tumour growth, offering a more personalized approach to treatment.

4. Supportive Care: Our team of paediatric cancer specialists in Surat lays importance on providing comprehensive supportive care services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and psychological support, to help children and their families cope with the challenges of diagnosis and treatment.

Survival Rates and Long-Term Outlook

The prognosis for paediatric brain tumours varies depending on several factors, including the type and location of the tumour, the extent of surgical resection, the child’s age, and the overall health status. “Early detection and timely intervention play a crucial role in improving survival rates and long-term outcomes”, say the experts giving cancer treatment in Surat.

According to data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the overall 5-year survival rate for paediatric brain tumours in India is approximately 60–70%. However, survival rates can vary significantly based on the tumour type and other factors.

For example, the 5-year survival rate for low-grade astrocytomas is generally higher, ranging from 80–90%, while the rate for aggressive tumours like medulloblastomas and high-grade gliomas can be lower, ranging from 50–60%.

At BCI, one of the best cancer hospitals in Surat, we remain committed to providing cutting-edge treatments and personalized care to improve survival rates and quality of life for children with brain tumours. Our dedicated team of specialists works tirelessly to advance research, develop new therapies, and offer hope to families facing this challenging diagnosis.

Ongoing Support and Follow-Up Care

Even after successful treatment, children who have battled brain tumours often require ongoing support and follow-up care to address potential long-term side effects and complications, says our cancer specialist in Surat at BCI- Blood and Cancer Institute. These may include cognitive impairments, hormonal imbalances, vision or hearing problems, and secondary cancers.

Our hospital’s comprehensive follow-up program ensures that children receive regular monitoring, rehabilitation services, and psychosocial support to help them thrive and achieve their full potential. We also provide education and resources for families to empower them in navigating the journey of survivorship.

Conclusion

While paediatric brain tumours present significant challenges, advancements in medical science and the dedication of paediatric cancer specialist in Surat at hospitals like BCI offer hope for better outcomes. By raising awareness, supporting research efforts, and providing compassionate care, we can make a difference in the lives of children affected by these complex and often devastating conditions.