 I'm Vishalakshmi from Fiji. I was suffering from pituitary tumor for nearly a year which Fiji was unable to cure it or let me know how to cure it. And then I tried to, I went to Dr. Ryan in Fiji and he told me to contact Manipal Hospital. Through Shashank and team, I contacted Manipal Hospital and they told me that I have to come and see Dr. Alora Saxela who will advise me further on my pituitary tumor. So I came all the way from Fiji to India and met Dr. Alora Saxela. And upon various inspection checkups and he told, he found out that yeah, I have a tumor, pituitary tumor and I have to do a surgery. And on Thursday, 13th April, my surgery was done and it was very successful. The doctors looked after me very well from ICU till the room, the service of the room and the doctor service was very well in Manipal Hospital. After that, I had to come for checkups, daily checkups. In that time too, everybody looked after me very well and I am recovering well. I thank Manipal Hospital for looking after me. I came very far from Fiji, but everybody over here was so friendly and thank you Manipal once again. Mrs. Vishal Ashmi was referred to us from Fiji. She came with headaches and persistent and progressive loss of vision. Her vision in the right eye was completely gone and left eye was also showing signs of decreased vision. The scans done in Fiji showed that there was a tumor sitting in the cell region of the brain which is a region where pituitary gland is situated. So this region is very important region because any growth in this region will cause direct compression and damage to the optic nerves or the nerves which are responsible for the vision which goes from your eyes to brain. Now because there was an ongoing damage, it was imperative that this tumor has to be taken out and the nerve have to be decompressed. She underwent an endoscopic surgery for removal of this tumor. It was done through the nose. So this is called as an endoscopic trans nasal surgery. This kind of surgeries are normally done under computer or neuro navigation guidance to increase the safety and efficacy. The scope is introduced through the nose and we go to the skull base and we take this tumor out. In the way when the tumor is removed, the compression on the nerves is released and we are able to save the vision of the patient. Now this surgery went absolutely well. She has done really well. Her vision has improved significantly in the left eye and there is some improvement in the right eye as well. She was discharged without any complications and she is doing really well. I wish her all the best for her future.