Cushing’s syndrome vs simple obesity. How can a needle be found in the haystack?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by MaryO

Endocrinology Today 02/2015; 4(1):30-35.

Clinical recognition of Cushing’s syndrome should generally follow from the observation of a constellation of compatible clinical features that progress over time. Screening for Cushing’s syndrome in patients with individual features of the metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, hypertension and hyperglycaemia, is not recommended.

Early diagnosis reduces unnecessary suffering and the ultimate lifetime sequelae of Cushing’s syndrome. Confirmation involves the demonstration of biochemical hypercortisolism, and the extent of diagnostic testing needs to be based on the degree of clinical suspicion.
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What are you thinking?! Cushing’s Disease is never part time or on the side!

Posted on April 2, 2015 by MaryO

Some of you may wonder why I have named this blog “zebraontheside.” First of all, Cushing’s Disease is a huge part of my life and it has impacted every aspect of my life in some way or another. Not only has it impacted my life but it also impacts those who continue to support me…

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Cushing’s Awareness Month Day 1: Know Your Body

Posted on April 1, 2015 by MaryO

Another great Cushing’s Awareness 2015 Blog!

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Today begins Cushing’s Awareness Month, in celebration of Dr. Harvey Cushing’s birthday on April 8th. Not only is he the father of modern neurosurgery, but he is also the one that discovered – and researched, and researched some more – the phenomenon now known as Cushing’s Disease.  Our guru/Gandhi/den mother, Mary O., came up with the idea of posting a blog a day during the month of April as a way for bloggers like myself to help raise awareness for this disease.

Today was an insane day at my job. Anyone that works in the legal field understands the crunches, deadlines and craziness when several matters collide into one huge mess. Not only are you stretched thin, but you also feel like you leave bits and pieces of yourself scattered throughout your workplace like breadcrumbs. Days like those are incredibly taxing on anyone, but the physical, emotional and mental ramifications for…

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Past Cushing’s Awareness Challenge Bloggers

Posted on April 1, 2015 by MaryO

The page over at http://cushie-blogger.blogspot.com/ is starting to load pretty slowly and I’m guessing that it’s maybe because of all the blog posts it has to load.  So, I’m going to take all the Cushing’s Awareness Challenge Bloggers from 2012-2014 and post them here so I can delete the blog rolls that they’re in now.

Eventually, when I have time, I’ll add the blogs to the general “All Cushie Blogs” list.  Hopefully, that will speed the page up!  I don’t know if there was a problem last year because I’m sure we had more than 2 of us participating!

 

 

Cushing’s Awareness Challenge 2013

Cushing’s Awareness Challenge 2012

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A Month of Blog Posts for the Cushing’s Awareness Challenge! Day One

Posted on April 1, 2015 by MaryO

The first of the Cushing’s Awareness Challenge 2015 blog posts!

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The Cushing’s community, led by our “fairy godmother” MaryO, has been hosting a Cushing’s Blogging Challenge for the last several years.   You can find more information here:

http://cushie-blogger.blogspot.com/2015/03/cushings-awareness-challenge-2015.html

April 8 is the birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing’s, the “father of neurosurgery” and the first physician to document Cushing’s.  To celebrate his birthday, Cushing’s patients are banding together to write blog posts on topics related to Cushing’s every day in the month of April.  I am going to try and stick to this theme, but weave in a few posts here and there about what is going on post-Cushing’s as well.  So stay tuned!

For my first post, I would like to take a little time to talk about MaryO and how much I, and the rest of the Cushing’s community, owe this wonderful woman.  MaryO first started seeing the first signs and symptoms of Cushing’s in the early 1980s…

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