Hair shedding 3 months post surgery
Hello!
35F here with what I assume is TE. I had 2 brain surgeries both minimally invasive. One in January 2026 to coil an unruptured aneurysm and another in March 2026 to remove a pituitary tumor. Never had my head cut open, one was through my groin artery and the other was through my nose. Now 3 months post my last surgery I am seeing way more hair shedding than normal along with a burning/stinging/tender feeling on different parts of my scalp. I was told this is most likely due to the stress and trauma from the surgery. But it doesn’t make me feel better about it. Has anyone tried any supplements or ways to minimize or help the TE? I already have thin hair from genetics… I’m hoping it doesn’t keep getting worse.
u/Dimepiece90 — 9 days ago
▲ 6 r/acromegaly
Hair shedding?
Anyone got hair shedding post op? It’s been 3 months and feel like my hair is shedding a lot more than usual 🥲
u/Dimepiece90 — 10 days ago
3 months post op results
Just got my 3 month blood test results, I’m so happy to announce that my hormone levels are now within normal range 🎉
What a journey it has been! I did get a slight complication with getting a perforated septum after surgery which I plan on having an ENT fix it later on. For now, I’d rather have a small hole in my nose than a tumor and acromegaly 😅 waiting to see my endocrinologist later this week for our follow up. Thank you all for the support! Special thanks to my neurosurgeon, Dr. JFM at Stanford Medical Center ❤️🧑🏻⚕️🩺
u/Dimepiece90 — 20 days ago
▲ 3 r/Constipation
4 surgeries in 1 year, I haven’t had a regular bowel since
35F here with what I think is constipation? Backstory: I used to be regular, once per day before all my surgeries. Back in May/June 2025 I had my first IVF/egg retrieval surgery and had a second retrieval in October 2025. In January 2026 I had an unruptured brain aneurysm coiled and in March 2026 I had a pituitary tumor removed that was causing me to have acromegaly. As you could imagine I was not able to workout since about a year ago. Especially after the brain surgeries. Since the IVF treatments I noticed my digestion was super slow and I wasn’t able to go #2 everyday like before. Even now I’ll go about every 3 days or so. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like a proper #2. The doctors had given me senna pills after each surgery because of the anesthesia causes constipation. The egg retrieval surgeries weren’t painful afterwards so I didn’t need any strong pain medication. But after the brain surgeries I was on hydrocodone, blood thinners as well as longer and stronger anesthesia each time as the surgeries were each hours long vs 20 mins for each egg retrieval. I am now 3 months post op from my last brain surgery and can finally start working out. I really hope the slow metabolism/constipation is due to not being able to move or lift anything more than 10 pounds since January. But then again I haven’t been regular since about May/June of last year. My only symptoms are feeling bloated sometimes, and maybe a little gassy on rare occasions. I don’t really feel an urge to want to poop unless I take some sort of supplement to help me go. I don’t have any pain or reflux, it just feels like my metabolism is super slow. Because of my acromegaly diagnosis I am getting a thyroid ultrasound this week and a colonoscopy next month.. All my hormones except my growth hormone and IGF-1 were elevated prior to surgery. My thyroid was always fine. My hormones are now in the normal range since my tumor was removed. The only thing that makes me go same day or next day are senna pills or colon cleanse/laxatives but I don’t want to be dependent on them. I started increasing my fiber with chia seeds, kiwis, etc…I just want to go back to feeling normal again. I’m hoping working out again helps me get there.
u/Dimepiece90 — 27 days ago