Wife Medical Update! Good News! :)

Electric Amish

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Well, relatively speaking...

Background: As many here know, my wife has been suffering from nearly constant headaches for nearly 7 years now. It has caused her to lose several jobs and driven her to a suicide attempt a year ago. The doctors have no idea exactly what the cause is. All signs point to Occipital Neuralgia. She has been on countless drugs and nothing has helped at all.

Present: She had an MRI done on on Saturday to check her pituitary gland because in her latest blood work they found an elevated Prolactin level. Well, today the analyses are in with some surprising results. It turns out that she does have a tumor on or around her pituitary gland. We don't have any details yet. She is being scheduled to see a Neuro-Surgeon. The exciting part is the discovery of a probable cause of the headaches. Chiari Syndrome Again, we will get more info when we see the Neuro-Surgeon.

At least now the docs aren't just poking around in the dark anymore! :D

amish
 

AreaCode707

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Glad they found out what it is, now they can do something for her. I'll be praying for you guys. :)
 

Rent

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Thats great! :)

Best of luck man, I hope they can get rid of her headaches!
 

Looney

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Good luck to your wife. I just spent the last 3 days studying chronic illnesses, chronic pain, and pain management, and the technology and help available for pain management is extremely lacking. I hope there's good news for your wife, i know i can barely handle a day of headaches, let alone what your wife must go through.
 

Azraele

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Oh Amish, that's good news. Now that they know what it is, hopefully, they can treat it more efficiently. I'll keep my fingers crossed for her, and I hope that she will soon be headache free!

Keep us updated!
 

kranky

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Spectacular news, Amish! I truly hope this is the answer! I will be praying for her.
 

Yeeny

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Oh that is so great EA! I hope this is the answer to her problems, it must be hell on both of you to live with that. Keep us updated. :)
 

SaltBoy

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Glad to know you have some knowledge as to what's really going on. I hope this doesn't distract this from your enjoyment of LOTR. Good luck! :)
 

Perknose

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You and your wife will be in my prayers, EA. Grace is an ever present possiblity.
 

Beau

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Good luck man! I have all the faith in the world in those doctors. Seems like I have been spending a lot of time around neuro-surgeons lately.

Beau
 

AndrewR

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Great news since it points to a path for recovery! Here's hoping for the best for you and your wife.
 

toant103

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usually finding a tubmore is not good but they know what to do now. GREAT. hope everythingn will be fine
 

ChrichtonsGirl

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It's hard to be happy about a tumor being found, but I can understand the relief that finally, you and she have some answers about what's been causing her pain and can focus on having it treated.

Finding the underlying cause is half the battle - I'm glad to hear that there's been some progress for your wife. I hope this marks the start of an upswing in her condition. :)
 

sciencetoy

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I feel for you, dude. You know your loved one is sick when you are happy to find a tumor! But wow, it sounds like a great chance for her to get better. Sending all good vibes your way.
 

Tripleshot

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May sound corny but you and your wife are in our prayers. My wife suffers from devesting migrains as well. I will pass this new info on to her. We are still searching for an answer to hers. You have just steered us down a new path.

Please keep us updated, neighbor. I may send my wife to your doctor. He sounds tenacious. That's what it takes.;)