Letters from the Trenches - Part I
I am horrified by the treatment I have experienced. Now, I am being my own advocate, and I am figuring out how I can help others and myself.
By Pat Gurnick, CLC
Edited by Linda M. Rio, M.A., MFT,
Pituitary Network Association Education Director
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Letters from the Trenches - Part II
I didn’t know for 7 years what was 'really' happening, so I handled this by taking my emergency medicine in those times, and I have survived. I have lived a different life since the surgery 7 years ago, maybe not like others.
By Pat Gurnick, CLC
Edited by Linda M. Rio, M.A., MFT,
Pituitary Network Association Education Director
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Letters from the Trenches - Part III
I saw another Endo later on who did a few tests to follow up on my treatment, but when I was in adrenal crisis a few weeks ago she didn't identify the symptoms and told me to go to the GP... She had her nurse warn me NOT to take the cortef, which was WRONG. Thank God I popped that emergency dosage - I knew I was going down.
By Pat Gurnick, CLC
Edited by Linda M. Rio, M.A., MFT,
Pituitary Network Association Education Director
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What's Wrong with Me?
I'd never heard of Cushing's disease, until it was revealed as the culprit behind my mysterious illness.
By Sharmyn McGraw
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From a Tiara to a TumorChristina O’Neil was crowned MISS NEVADA in 2003 and when she competed for the title of MISS AMERICA, little did she know that a brain tumor that had been slowly growing, and would change her life forever.
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