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Nancy (chance), Steroid-Induced Bio
Originally posted April 18, 2008 I have Iatrogenic Cushings—I also have adrenal insuffiency —One doctor told me to just say I have Addison’s—I have many symptoms of Addison’s but I don’t have the...
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Janice B, Pituitary Bio
Cushing’s with a pituitary tumor. Had surgery on April 2013. Surgeon nicked the pituitary gland giving me adrenal insufficiency. Sept 2016 went into adrenal crises while on holiday in Germany. I...
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MaryO: Giving Thanks for 30 Years
Today is the 30th anniversary of my pituitary surgery at NIH. As one can imagine, it hasn’t been all happiness and light. Most of my journey has been documented here and on the message boards – and...
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MaryO, 31st Pituitary Surgery Anniversary
Today is the 31st anniversary of my pituitary surgery at NIH. As one can imagine, it hasn’t been all happiness and light. Most of my journey has been documented here and on the message boards – and...
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MaryO, 32nd Pituitary Surgery Anniversary
Today is the 32nd anniversary of my pituitary surgery at NIH. As one can imagine, it hasn’t been all happiness and light. Most of my journey has been documented here and on the message boards – and...
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MaryO, 33rd Pituitary Surgery Anniversary
Today is the 33rd anniversary of my pituitary surgery at NIH. As one can imagine, it hasn’t been all happiness and light. Most of my journey has been documented here and on the message boards – and...
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MaryO/COVID Vaccine 1
Quick takeaway: I have adrenal insufficiency (one adrenal was removed with my kidney due to cancer, steroid-dependent (post-Cushing’s Disease), growth hormone insufficiency, panhypopituitary. I had...
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MaryO/COVID Vaccine 2
Quick takeaway: I have adrenal insufficiency (one adrenal was removed with my kidney due to cancer, steroid-dependent (post-Cushing’s Disease), growth hormone insufficiency, panhypopituitary. I had...
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Janice B, Pituitary Bio
I was married 38 years when I became sick in 2011, but the family doctor and my husband wouldn’t believe me. They thought I was lazy, fat and crazy when they shipped me off to a mental ward in a...
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MaryO/COVID Vaccine 2
Quick takeaway: I have adrenal insufficiency (one adrenal was removed with my kidney due to cancer, steroid-dependent (post-Cushing’s Disease), growth hormone insufficiency, panhypopituitary. I had...
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Janice B, Pituitary Bio
I was married 38 years when I became sick in 2011, but the family doctor and my husband wouldn’t believe me. They thought I was lazy, fat and crazy when they shipped me off to a mental ward in a...
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Giving Thanks: 37 Years Post-Op
Today is the 37th anniversary of my pituitary surgery at NIH. As one can imagine, it hasn’t been all happiness and light. Most of my journey has been documented here and on the message boards – and...
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MaryO, 37th Pituitary Surgery Anniversary
Today is the 37th anniversary of my pituitary surgery at NIH – November 3, 1987. I can now affirm that I have lived more than half my life post-op. That’s pretty amazing when I was sure that I was...
View ArticleSarah R, Adrenal Insufficiency bio
The hormone cortisol is produced by the adrenal glands, so adrenal insufficiency (also called Addison’s disease) is caused when the adrenal glands do not produce cortisol normally. Low cortisol can...
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