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I just had an MRI done due at worsening headaches and blurry vision. The MRI report showed a partially empty sella. My primary care physician just called and said my results were normal. I asked about the sella issue and he said it doesn't usually cause headaches, but he can refer me to an endocrinologist to have my hormone levels checked. I told him I want to do that. We'll see what comes of it or if all of my issues are just due to menopause.
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@cindybrown, were you able to meet with an Endocrinologist? Let us know how are you are doing.
@jamienolson, Yes. Thank you for checking. I met with him this morning. He ordered lab tests to check my cortisol and prolactin levels. I will have these done in the morning. He showed me the mri image of my brain. The space in the sella is black with a thin sliver of white which is my pituitary. Still having headaches and blurry vision.
@cindybrown with the blurry vision have you had your eye doctor check your optic nerves for swelling (papilledema)?
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yeah, I really think there is not enough consensus on this whole thing...some say .."Headaches yeah of course" others say no, others say "No bearing on you and your health its just coincidental" etc etc...there seems to be a different story from all fronts. Its either Coincidental or Incidental....and I don't think there is one deliberate answer for anyone. If the hormones are all normal, then they say "Its not a problem" etc etc.....at or during or because I finally wanted an answer to most likely menopause stuff, I had memory problems, body aches etc etc...and of course other issues ....and it was diagnosed on the routine Neurological work up MRI. Was told it was not an issue, yet of course was also told "Oh you have artifacts showing migraines" uh yea, I have bad headaches but never complained to the extent to go after diagnoses...but "lets get back to this empty sella thing" uh yeah, no problems there, not an issue...." I think all of us want to know more about this "orphan" syndrome and why so many who have it seem to have the same symptom patterns..We all need to "get our heads together" so to speak right?