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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: calimama on March 11, 2008, 06:53:11 pm

Title: Any ladies out there get pregnant after GK??
Post by: calimama on March 11, 2008, 06:53:11 pm

I am just trying to work out if there any risks of getting pregant after undergoing GK??

I have heard of one story where a lady got pregs 2 years after GK. The tumor seemed to come to life again around the same time and she ended up needing surgery. YIKES!!?!

I would be interested in any experience of getting pregnant after GK and whether there were any issues with tumor regrowth.

thanks one and all...

Title: Re: Any ladies out there get pregnant after GK??
Post by: krbonner on March 15, 2008, 09:05:29 am

I can't speak directly to your question, but for many of us it seems that the extra hormones of pregnancy can make an existing tumor grow much faster than "normal".  That was certainly the case for me, and there's lots of evidence supporting that.  So I could see how that could be a concern if there's a chance the tumor isn't completely dead post-GK.  This is an important question to ask the doctors as you go through the decision-making process.

In the end, I chose surgery over radiation for a large number of reasons - one of which was the concern about growth if I got pregnant again, since we already knew my AN grew faster than normal when I was pregnant with my second (that was pre-treatment).

Katie

Title: Re: Any ladies out there get pregnant after GK??
Post by: yardtick on March 15, 2008, 04:25:50 pm

What about hormones and menopause?