I've been asked a question that is way outside my realm of experience.
I have
the woman's permission to ask here.  Can anyone help me with this?  I
realize
many women nurse for 9 years or longer during their nursing careers but
I don't
know anything about pineal glands.  Thanks in advance for your
consideration.

> I have a mass of soft tissue near the pineal gland. This could
> be an enlarged pineal gland, or something else, the CT scan was
> not sufficient to determine.  One of the functions of this gland
> is to produce prolactin, which I am sure you are familiar
> with. I'm scheduled for an MRI, and a neurologist and all that, but
> here is my question:
>
> Do any of you have experienced this after prologued nursing? I've nursed
> one child or the other continuously for 9 years now. ( Started Nov 13,
> 1991 ).
>
> The thing is, I'm wondering if this is normal, or abnormal. I realize that
> my neurologist doctor is going to have little experience with nursing
> women, I went to him once before and he was somewhat of the opinion that
> I should quit nursing the child in order to be able to take stronger
> medications, but in his defense, he did not push this, just mentioned it.
> The child was at the time two years old, so I can imagine that he might
> push a little this time. So I want to know as much as I possibly can
> if there is a link.
>
> The pineal gland is in the center of the brain. It is also in charge
> of producing melatonin.
>
> I originally went to my doctor due to a marked increase in my migraines.
> and an abnormal onset to one of them.

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Monique
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