survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: Cushing's Awareness Day

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: Cushing's Awareness Day: Today is Cushing's Awareness Day.  Dr. Harvey Cushing was instrumental in the discovery and diagnosis of the disease.  According to the...

Muskeg Farm : Pituitary MRI -Review

Muskeg Farm : Pituitary MRI -Review: I was PM'd today on Facebook by someone asking questions about the MRI's.  So, I figured I'd revisit some pituitary MRI info in ...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Challenges & Victories

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Challenges & Victories: 5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. What would life be without challenges and victories along the way? It would be dull and we never wou...

Less of Me: My medical history

Less of Me: My medical history: I wrote in an earlier post about the beginnings of my health problems. By age 14 I was put on BCP to regulate my menstrual cycles and help w...

2 cushie girls: Day 6.....5 things every Person living with rare d...

2 cushie girls: Day 6.....5 things every Person living with rare d...: I wanted to share this article with you. Rachel and I were interviewed and this article came out. We weren't paid in any way just wantin...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Medication Information

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Medication Information: The role my medication plays in my life. When I was diagnosed with Cushing's and the many things thereafter, I went from taking no med...

Muskeg Farm : Cushing's Jeopardy:

Muskeg Farm : Cushing's Jeopardy:: Cushing's Disease for 600, Alex! What is the worst disease you've never heard of? Which illness is diagnosed through serial 24 h...

Less of Me: Weight GAIN progression

Less of Me: Weight GAIN progression: Well... this is really hard for me. It's one thing to know how much weight I've put on...it's another to see it. I mean I face m...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: My Children's perspective....

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: My Children's perspective....: The following blog is the result of collaborations with two of my wonderful children, Alyssa and Jimmy... How Cushing’s affects children a...

Muskeg Farm : Easter

Muskeg Farm : Easter: Happy Easter to all!  I'm not quite sure how to incorporate both the risen Lord and Cushing's Disease, except to say today is a beau...

Less of Me: Happy Easter!

Less of Me: Happy Easter!: Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a fantastic Easter with your families. It has been a beautiful day, and while our Easter was far from t...

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness Month: Causes of Cushing's

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness Month: Causes of Cushing's

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Call the police, my life has been stolen

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Call the police, my life has been stolen: What three things has Cushing’s stolen from you? What do you miss the most? : I have to think and try to narrow down my list because ther...

Muskeg Farm : Sleep

Muskeg Farm : Sleep: Did I tell you about my changes in sleep yet?  Well, this change was almost more surprising than my change in appetite. The high cortisol fr...

Less of Me: Parents Just Don't' Understand

Less of Me: Parents Just Don't' Understand: It is hard for people around me (us- if you are a cushie too) to understand what I am going through, and why I am hoping for something to be...

2 cushie girls: Getting Diagnosed....My Tips

2 cushie girls: Getting Diagnosed....My Tips: As some of you know getting Diagnosed with Cushing's isn't always the easiest thing. A lot of people struggle with that because Do...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Advise for those waiting

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: Advise for those waiting: What would I tell others trying to be diagnosed? Yes. The BIG question... What to tell someone else who is trying to be diagnosed? That is...

Less of Me: A mental patient

Less of Me: A mental patient: You guys. I feel like a crazy person. a psycho. completely obsessive. depressive. manic. in a panic. Ok now I feel like Will Smith circa 1...

Muskeg Farm : Appetite

Muskeg Farm : Appetite: Well, there are some things that have changed since my high cortisol appears to have gone away that are almost hard to fathom for me.  I did...

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness Month: Cyclical Cushing's

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness Month: Cyclical Cushing's: Cyclical Cushing's syndrome: an update  the full text article says, "Cyclical Cushing's syndrome is a pattern of hypercortiso...