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Jean (Jinxie) Cushing’s and Acromegaly Bio
This bio was originally posted 1/26/2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Cushing’s and Acromegaly Odyssey During the summer of 1999 I was a trim and fit 130 pound woman. I was very athletic and...
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Nickole, Undiagnosed Bio
I am a 43 year old female living in The Woodlands, TX. I am married. We have two young boys and two large dogs. I love art — all kinds — but especially filmmaking. Work as a freelance writer and...
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ORKitty, Pituitary Bio
Another Golden Oldie, this bio was originally posted 01/22/2008 Hi, I’m ORKitty. I live in Portland, OR, with my wonderful husband and kitty. I just turned 50 in 2005. I began this journey quite...
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Joseph (joeysauce), Pituitary Bio
Hello everyone. My name is Joe. I’m a 23, soon to be 24 year old male who is (hopefully) in remission from ACTH-dependent Cushing’s disease and two transsphenoidal surgeries. I’d like to say my journey...
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Natalie, Pituitary Bio
This is another Golden Oldie. I’m not sure when it was last written or updated by Natalie but it was updated by me after she died April 21, 2008. ~~ Hi! My name is Natalie, I am 35 years old and I’ve...
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Jackie (samsmom), Adrenal Bio
Jackie (samsmom) first started dealing with Cushing’s in her family when her youngest child was born in 1999. Jackie has appeared on the Discovery Health tv show pilot, Mystery Diagnosis, discussing...
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Magdalena, Food-Dependent Cushing’s Bio
Magdalena is from Windsor, Ontario (Originally Poland). She has Food-Dependent / GIP-Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome. This means that genetically, she has cells on her adrenals that are only supposed to...
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Fabiana, Pituitary Bio
Fabiana had transphenoidal surgery (pituitary) July 30th 2004. She had a recurrence after seven years of being Cushing’s free. A second pituitary surgery on 10/26/2011 was unsuccessful. Another...
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Kirsty (kirstymnz), Ectopic Adrenal Bio
Another Golden Oldie, Kirsty’s bio was last updated 08/18/2009. ~~~ I don’t really remember when it first started. It was probably about a year ago when I think about it. I found myself becoming easily...
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Robyn N (Robyn), Adrenal Bio
A Golden Oldie ~~~ Hi! My name is Robyn and I am a 48 year old wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, 1st grade teacher and a recovering Cushing’s patient. My story is so very similiar to the others on...
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Patty L (Answer hungry), Undiagnosed Bio
I’m a 33 year old female. I have 3 young boys ages 8, 5 & 2. About 1 year ago I started suffering from chronic fatigue to the point of crying halfway thru my work day not knowing how I was going...
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Britney (PandaBearHobbit), Undiagnosed BIo
I’m a 25 year old who’s in the middle of being tested for Cushing’s. I have very high anxiety, hirsutism, fatigue, muscle weakness, can’t lose weight, acne, irregular periods, very high testosterone...
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Shelleyw, Adrenal Bio
Hi all! I am joining this group because my 19 year old daughter is going through testing for cushing’s. She has PCOS although she is very thin. Her cortisol levels have come back high on more than...
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Angela Marie (Angela M), Undiagnosed Bio
Growing up I’d always been anywhere from underweight to average with a couple chubby phases in my pre-teens and teens. I actually got into modeling work for nearly 10 years and I found myself having to...
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Wendy, Undiagnosed Bio
A Golden Oldie Hi My name is WENDY from New Zealand …I am 57 yrs young…I am a nurse…..it was once suggested by mail to my GP that I may have episodae cushings…and that it would be intersesting to take...
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Mallissa F, Undiagnosed Bio
A Golden Oldie Hi all:) I am in a pickle, and i feel its time to take my head out of the sand and get this Cortisol thing sorted. So here goes.. My son is 7 – i breastfed for 2 weeks as only a tiny...
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Andrea L, Pituitary Bio
A Golden Oldie I first noticed something abnormal about my health in the summer of 2009, at age 23. I suddenly developed severe acne when I had had clear skin since I was a teenager, and I noticed more...
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Shawnna H (Shawnna), Undiagnosed Bio
I am a 37 year old woman, who has been exhibiting most of the symptoms of Cushing’s for a least 7 years. My family doctor treated each of my symptoms individually or told me I just needed to lose...
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Trisha, Pituitary Bio
A Golden Oldie I was officially diagnosed with Cushings in December 2009. I had done several urine test ,they were inconsistant, I had the saliva test done, I had symptoms of cushings, brittle bones,...
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Jennifer (Jennifer In Puget Sound), Undiagnosed Bio
I’m wondering about my situation. I haven’t been diagnosed with Cushing’s but I had my thyroid removed (Hashimoto’s with goiter, family history of thyroid cancer), concluded menopause, had two car...
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