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Brandy B., Adrenal Tumor and Surgery

It was spring of 2011 when I started to notice a change in myself. Clothes were fitting tighter and my appetite was out of control. I’ve always been a thin gal, weighing 125lbs. I was 39, so I thought, “guess this is part of growing old”. It wasn’t until the following year (2012) that everything seemed to hit me. I felt like I woke up one morning 50 pounds heavier, looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize myself. Continue Reading

Maria P., Adrenalectomy

Hello, My name is Maria, I am 32 years old and am from Bogota, Colombia, yep! The land of good coffee! I don’t even know where to start because I am not quite sure when it started. I was a ballerina and almost became a model; yeah, one of those appearance freaks! Then I started to gain weight like it was going out of style. I had no clue as to why; I was not eating more and I was not exercising less.Continue Reading

Van N., Adrenal Tumor

I am a twenty four year-old female who had an adrenal tumor. My main symptoms were depression, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, acne, body hair, fatigue, joint pain, no menstrual cycle, and hair loss. Continue Reading

Susan S., Adrenalectomy

I was a patient under the care of various endocrinologists being treated for “Subclinical Cushing Syndrome” since Oct 2010. In October 2010 while having an abdominal CT scan completed by a hospital emergency room for abdominal pain (unrelated to the “Subclinical Cushing Syndrome”), the CT showed several left adrenal gland adenomas. Continue Reading

Linda W., Adrenalectomy, Stroke

My story is a little different than those I have read so far. I wanted to write about what happened to me. I found out about Cushing’s syndrome in 2008 but had aphasia (lack of ability to speak or understand language following a brain injury), dyslexia and very limited communications ability. Currently I write well enough with some editing to share my story.Continue Reading

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