Friday, October 19, 2012

Watch PNA's PSA

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Thanks to the  Pituitary Network Association  for launching this public service announcement. It is awesome, eye-catching, and informative. ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

A Cushie Tale: Chondra

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I  was so happy to read my newsletter from the Pituitary Network Association ( www.pituitary.org ) yesterday. Chondra's self-diagnosi...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Cushies and Growth Hormone Deficiency

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For people with Cushing's, the presence of pituitary tumors often leads to growth hormone deficiency. After the tumor is removed, sur...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Surgical Versus Medical Treatment for Cushing Disease, the New and the Old

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I appreciate the input of my doctor, Dr Friedman, on this confusing and ever-changing matter. As a Cushie, we are always trying to deter...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Cushies Never Return to Normal

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Cushies Never Return to Normal. Patients know this. Sometimes their immediate care takers and family members know this. When will docto...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Cushies are Diamonds

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Cortisol is the stress hormone that Cushies have in abundance, making us the most precious jewels of them all.
Saturday, September 29, 2012

PATIENT BLOG: Plenadren for Addisons

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Dear Unnamed Author, Thank you for creating this Plenadren for Addisons blog to share your experience with Plenadren. You have a new read...

New Drug for Adrenal Insufficiency to Hit the Market Soon.

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With each article I post, I am becoming more excited. Details details details! I love details! **--**--** ViroPharma Announces the Firs...

Denmark first to launch Plenadren

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Crossing fingers that its new American company will deliver Plenadren to the USA soon.  Visit  Goteborg Bio  page in Sweden for more d...

Denmark first to launch Plenadren

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Published:  2012-09-25 03:37 Denmark first to launch Plenadren Duocort sold its drug candidate Plenadren to A...

Wow! New Drug for Adrenal Insufficiency

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Plenadren. Plenadren. I hope this word becomes so familiar to me that it easily rolls off my tongue. Plenadren is the new, once-a-day, ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Fiddling with Nature Causes Tumors

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Genetically-engineered food:  another environmental cause of pituitary tumors.And doctors still have the nerve to call us fat...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Courageous Cushies

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For Lori and all of us Cushies, who wake up every morning and try to live a full life. (Thanks to my friend Meagan for sharing.)
Friday, September 21, 2012

My friend Lori faces 5th pituitary surgery

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Please keep Lori in your thoughts. Her cortisol levels dramatically improved/ dropped following Monday's operation in which the neurosur...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

My Friend Lori, a Cushie Warrior, Faces 4th Pituitary Surgery

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A friend with persistent Cushing's had her fourth pituitary surgery this past Monday. The neurosurgeon found an 8-9 mm tumor in her sin...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

PATIENT STORY: Jennifer S. - My Story

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Thank you to the Pituitary Network Association ( www.pituitary.org ) for sharing patient stories. https://www.pituitary.org/library/library_...
Friday, September 14, 2012

I Can't Repeat This Enough

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Obesity & Cushing's

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As I struggle to find sleep again tonight, I happened upon this article in the Los Angeles Times, entitled "Some anti-obesity campaigns...

We are Strong. We are Survivors.

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"I am not what happened to me -- I am what I choose to become." ~ Carl Jung
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

MAGIC & Giving Forward

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The big announcement has been made! The 8th Annual Convention for Adults with Pituitary Disorders will be held in Las V...