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• ❓Guest Question: Cushing's in 15 year old male
  ...We have contributed all of this to puberty and life experiences, just typical teenage stuff... but last week, when i was able to actaully have him come out of his room... i noticed a "lump" on the top of back, base of the neck. I am not sure if a buffalo hump can be caused by playing video games and sitting in a computer chair for 18 hours a d […]
• 😃 New Testimonial From Tasia S
  18 already?! I'm able to be myself because of what you created. ~ In response to a Facebook post on the Birthday of the Message Boards
• 📰 Adrenal Venous Sampling Helps Surgical Decisions in Type of Cushing’s
  Cushing’s syndrome patients with tumors on both adrenal glands — which sit on top of the kidneys — could undergo adrenal venous sampling, a procedure where blood samples are taken from both adrenal glands to determine which tumors to remove, researchers suggest.
• 😃 New Testimonial From Ken K
  ...If not for you Mary Kelly O'Connor many of us would not know each other, met each other, & helped each other so so so much!  THANK THE LORD FOR YOU!!!! ~ In response to a Facebook post on the Birthday of the Message Boards
• 🖤 In Memory of Lenise Petersen, October 2, 2002
  Lenise passed away at 23 years old, just after her surgery.
• 📰 Pregnancy Could Be Linked to Onset of Cushing’s Symptoms
  More than 25 percent of women with Cushing’s disease experienced their first symptoms within one year of giving birth, a small study by the Pacific Neuroscience Institute found. The findings suggest a possible causal relationship between the biological stress of pregnancy and Cushing’s disease (CD), with more than a two-fold risk of women developing the dise […]
• 😃 New Testimonial From Sybil F
  You saved my life!!! ~ In response to a Facebook post on the Birthday of the Message Boards
• 📅 In California? Support group meeting, Saturday Oct. 06, 2018
  View the flyer for this meeting. If you are unable to attend in person, please join us on our Facebook Live Stream!
• 😃 New Testimonial From Gina G
  It's been a life saving & changing place! You won't know till you get to heaven how many lives you've saved & made worthwhile again!! Hugs!!
• 😃 New Testimonial From Terry G
  You are amazing Mary Kelly O'Connor
• 📰 8 medical conditions that could cause sudden weight gain
  Cushing syndrome Sometimes tumours on the pituitary or adrenal glands can contribute to a condition known as Cushing’s disease which is characterised by high levels of cortisol in the blood. Taking long term steroids could also result in this disease. Patients with Cushing syndrome will experience rapid weight gain in the face, abdomen and chest. They also d […]
• 😃 New Testimonial From Karen N
  I have been a proud member for around 12 of those years!
• 😃 New Testimonial From Lisa A
  I met some of my closest friends on the Cushing's board! Thank you Mary Kelly O'Connor
• ❣️The Message Boards Turn 18 Today.❣️
  Today is the birthday, or anniversary, of the boards starting September 30, 2000 (The rest of the site started earlier that year in July 21, 2000)
• ✍️ Comment added to Mandy, Undiagnosed Bio
  Wood this sounds just like me. Drs keep passing me from one to the other...
• ✍️ Kimberly N (Bedrock Mama), Undiagnosed Bio
  Kimberley is from New Jersey. She is not yet diagnosed with Cushing's but has many symptoms and a cyst on her pineal gland.
• 📰 Bilateral Adrenalectomy Negatively Affects Quality of Life in Cushing’s Patients
  Bilateral adrenalectomy, in which the adrenal glands are removed, has a bigger negative impact on the quality of life of patients with Cushing’s disease than other treatment options, a recent study suggests. This may be due to the longer exposure to high levels of cortisol in these patients, which is known to greatly affect their quality of life, the authors […]
• 📰 Fluconazole Found to Be Safe Alternative for Patient with Recurrent Cushing’s
  Treatment with fluconazole after cabergoline eased symptoms and normalized cortisol levels in a patient with recurrent Cushing’s disease who failed to respond to ketoconazole, a case study reports. Ketoconazole, (brand name Nizoral, among others) is an anti-fungal treatment used off-label for Cushing’s disease to prevent excess cortisol production, a distinc […]
• 🖤 In Memory: Bettye Jean Douglas, September 28, 2016
  Bettye passed away due to complications of Cushing’s disease. Once she was finally diagnosed, a decision was made against surgery and Bettye was put on the cortisol-lowering medication Korlym. Though she had initially gained weight from Cushing’s disease, as many patients do, she rapidly lost weight and was admitted into hospice care soon after.
• 🖤 In Memory: Joanne Swain, September 28
  Joanne was known on the boards as raggettyjoanne. Mario VandDermeij announced the passing of his loving wife of 23 years. Joanne Swain VanDermeij at the age of 56. After 2 years and 3 months of fighting the system, Joanne was finally diagnosed March the 14th, 2011, with full blown adrenal Cushing's.