Endoscopic Surgery on a Pituitary Adenoma

I dropped by this site because my friend’s daughter has Cushings and I wanted to learn more. Is there any chance that Cushings might be manageable or improvable in a way similar to what Izabella Wentz proposes for Hashimotos?

📰 Comment added to Jayne, In The Media

💉 New Helpful Doctor added to Oregon

In her bio, Krista added her helpful doctor, Maria Fleseriu

✍️ Krista, Pituitary Bio

Krista is from Eugene, OR She had pituitary surgery in April, 2018. She has also dealt with thyroid cancer.

🏞 3 New Cushies added to the Cushing's MemberMap

One is from Pittsburgh, PA, i from Udine, Italy snd one from Roanoke, VA

📰 Jayne, In The Media

Jayne was diagnosed with Cushing's disease and became pregnant despite her illness, which usually makes women infertile. Jayne was the subject of a Live Interview in the Cushings Help Voice Chat / Podcast series.

🏞 The Cushing's MemberMap

We're rebuilding the Cushing's Member Map. Add your information (or your doctor's) at https://cushingsbios.com/2018/10/28/we-have-a-new-bio-form/

✍️ New Bio Form

We have a new form to add your own bio.

✍️ Sahana (Sahana), Adrenal Bio

Sahana is from Mumbai India Her daughter had many Cushings symptoms starting at 15. She had laparoscopic adrenal surgery and is now 7 months post-op.

✍️ Comment added to Roxanna (Dawn), Undiagnosed Bio

I AM HAVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS YOU SUGGESTED AND MY TESTS ALL LOOK FINE AS WELL. I AM AT MY WITS END WITH THIS AND MY FAMILY BARES THE BRUNT OF IT. I WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET HELP...

❓Has Cushing's Affected your Job or Quality of Life?

I would love to take one of the surveys mentioned in this news article. My Cushing’s went into “remission” just over 31 years ago but I still feel the effects of having had it. Pre-Cushing’s I had no problem working a full day, having a piano studio overflowing with students, going out at night, cleaning the house, being a normal mom...

📰 Pituitary Tumors Affect Patients’ Ability to Work, Reduce Quality of Life

Pituitary tumors, like those that cause Cushing’s disease, have significant effects on a patient’s physical, mental, and social health, all of which influence their work status and health-related quality of life.

✍️ Michelle (Michelle), Cyclical Cushing's Bio

Michelle is from Santa Monica, CA. She is not yet diagnosed with Cushing's but gained 50 pounds with no change in activity or eating. She sent an article on Cyclical Cushing's to her doctor at the Mayo Clinic.

📰 FDA Approves High-resolution MRI, Better at Spotting Pituitary Tumors in Cushing’s Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the clinical use of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner — the ultra-high-field 7T Terra MRI — with unprecedented resolution that allows for more reliable images of the brain. The approach recently allowed the precise localization of a small tumor in the pituitary gland, which standard MRI had failed t […]

✍️ Stephanie M (Stephanie), Pituitary Bio

Stephanie is from Eielson AFB, Alaska. She has had two pituitary surgeries, gamma knife and has taken mifepristone

💉 New Helpful Doctor added to Alaska

Dr. Ahmed is professional, thorough with his research, thoughtful, and thinks I'm his star Cushing's patient (I'm his only Cushing's patient).

📰 Stress, cortisol and weight gain

If you’ve got your finger on the pulse of health trends, it’s likely you’ve been hearing the current buzzwords “cortisol creates belly fat” and “cortisol causes muscle wasting and fat storage.” These are the type of catch phrases that gain momentum every few years. And although some of the fads and trends showing up seasonally in fitness are myths, this caut […]

❓Guest Question: Rife Machine

Anyone ever used a Rife Machine on Cushings syndrome?

✍️ 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 elsewhere around the web.

📰 No Association Between Long-Term Gh Replacement, Comorbidities In Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma

Patients with growth hormone deficiency due to nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma experienced excessive morbidity due to cerebral infarction and sepsis regardless of whether they received long-term GH therapy, whereas treatment was associated with a normal incidence of type 2 diabetes, despite higher BMI and more severe hypopituitarism in treated patients..