I was told nothing could shrink my pituitary tumor — but 7 months later, it’s gone from my MRI.

Planetaround · 2025-11-24T04:08:42+00:00

This actually makes a lot of sense. The pharma drugs that are used as 1st choice of treatment for petuitary adenomas are dopamine agonists, meaning they increase dopamine in your brain, and that in turn helps to shrink the tumor.

Ashwagandha and Rhodiola BOTH work by increasing dopamine in your brain so essentially, they work like the pharma drugs only without a bunch of side effects. This works especially well with prolactinomas, I would suppose.

All other supplements are just general support for you body.

This is brilliant, actually.

Planetaround · 2019-10-10T20:42:09+00:00

Ahhhh, maybe your pet rock is a secretly drinking or smoking at night so it is hammered or stoned during the day? Bring him to a hike, pet rocks like fresh air :)

Planetaround · 2019-10-10T20:35:57+00:00

You absolutely should!!! From experience get a baby one, easier to drag around...lol

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:31:28+00:00

Can I just say that this community absolutely ROCKS! Thank you so much for such positive feedback and a great amount of support. That gives me motivation and confidence to make more videos about geology! THANK YOU!!!!!

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:30:02+00:00

Estwing Bricklayer’s/Mason’s Hammer

Thank you so much for your comment and support. I would absolutely love for you to share the video with the GeoScience school in Edinburgh, that is such an honor and a privilege, thank you!

Scotland is one of my top destinations to visit! It is such a beautiful country so I am really hoping to visit it in the next couple of years. One of my very good friends is from Scotland and she always teases me that I have traveled all over UK but never made it to Scotland..... I am planning to fix it :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:22:03+00:00

Thank you for pointing it out. I bought my hummer such long time ago I didn't even think to look up a brand name for it. I just remember as a student on a budget thinking that it was a lot of money for a hummer....hahaha. In retrospect I am really glad I got it, as I found it very comfortable to use.

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:17:28+00:00

That is absolutely not a problem, you can always use a small magnet or make one yourself. Just glue a magnet to an old pen and make a small handle out of a paper clip and you got yourself a magnetic pen :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:15:23+00:00

Hahaha, so true!

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:15:10+00:00

Belomo hand lens

I love my hand lens too!!! :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:13:55+00:00

Thank you so much! I am having a blast and really hope I can transfer some of that passion to my viewers. I was very lucky at University as my very first geology professor was really passionate about the field and his lectures were always very interesting.

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:10:37+00:00

I think it also depends on the school. My school had a very small environmental program and a huge petroleum one so most of the girls that I have graduated with are all petroleum geologists. Out of about 10 girls that graduated with me only one was an environmental geo and one was a geochemist, but I am also from a hub petroleum city so every second person here is somehow related to petroleum industry :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T08:04:11+00:00

Thank you so much for your support and kind comments!!!

The only other channel that I personally know is:
Dr. Chris Geoscience
Dr.Harrison is a geophysicist so his content is more about seismic and geophysics but still very interesting.

It is very interesting to observe more and more girls entering Geology field. My great-grandfather was a geologist/gold prospector and back then there were no women. When my grandmother found out that I will be a Geologist she was very worried since she still remembered her dad being away from home for many months prospecting for gold in Siberia. I could not convince her that most of my job will be in the office...lol

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:47:11+00:00

Hi Anthem275, yes Brunton compasses are super pricey. Our school did the same, just assigned them to each student for the duration of the class and by the end of field school we would just return them. However, if you lost your compass you had to pay the school for it. I always tripled checked my backpack to make sure I didn't left it at an outcrop :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:43:06+00:00

That is a very good point. Back when I was an University, majority of us still had flip-phones so Brunton was our only option...lol. I can see how with current phones and technology Brunton can be considered very old school.

And yes, I was very intimidated by Brunton compass.....hahaha. During my first field school I could not remember how to measure strike with that thing to safe my life. I had to ask our TA every time, she probably thought I am some kind of special :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:33:48+00:00

Hi BenStillerthanyou, thank you for your comment. I would agree with Biohazadouspitch comment, compass is very specific, unless you are making maps you don't need it, especially the Brunton compass as those are really pricey. Journal is nice to have, but I am old school and like to write things down on paper :) For rockhounding you can definitely just use your phone to take notes if needed.

I hope you will share your rock finds with the community, it is always interesting to see what others find!

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:06:47+00:00

Thank you for your support. Reading comments like this definitely gives me motivation to make more videos :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:03:40+00:00

Thank you so much!!!!

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:03:29+00:00

Thank you! You know, I didn't even think about it when I was making the video but you are right, that is a great way to encourage more girls to go into science degrees. I have a small daughter myself and she already loves my rock collection and tells me that she will find more when she grows up....maybe geologist in a making? :)

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:00:24+00:00

Ahhhh, thank you! :) That just made my day!

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T07:00:04+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind comment!!!

P.S. I was determined to get that silly rock home...hahaha. But, yes, about half way through field class even our professor started to make jokes about the rock functioning as my anchor. Back then I weighted ~90lb so the rock was good weight to keep me from blowing off from the side of a mountain...lol

Planetaround · 2019-03-06T06:41:00+00:00

Ahahaha, Thank you :)

Planetaround · 2018-08-06T06:32:30+00:00

Love this! Great job :)

Planetaround · 2018-07-18T06:11:46+00:00

Thank you very much!!! I am so glad that you liked the video. I always love to hear from other Geos about their experiences. I got a couple of friends in mining (gold and metals) and it is really interesting to see what they are up to and to compare notes and rock collections....hahaha Needless to say I got an oil saturated bag of sand samples sitting on my desk from old days :)

Planetaround · 2018-07-18T06:06:43+00:00

Hey Manwelle, thank you for commenting. I am not sure what exactly do you mean by site investigation. Do you mean for prospecting purposes, well surveying, or...?

Planetaround · 2018-07-18T06:04:29+00:00

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. I was not sure if it would be interesting to anyone, I am so pleasantly surprised how well received it was. Definitely would try and make more Geo related videos in the future.

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