Less of Me: My Appointment with Dr R. and Devon

Less of Me: My Appointment with Dr R. and Devon: Because I was diagnosed last May with PCOS I see my endocrinologist pretty regualarly. I see Jacki, the lab tech every 3 months for blood wo...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: What Cushing's Syndrome is to me...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: What Cushing's Syndrome is to me...: What is Cushing’s Disease/Syndrome? (Personal variation, i.e. adrenal or pituitary or ectopic, etc.) Cushing's Syndrome and Disease is...

Muskeg Farm : Cushie Friends

Muskeg Farm : Cushie Friends: On the first night of our trip, we were able to meet up with some fellow Cushie's for dinner ON Cushing's Awareness Day -- Dr. Har...

Less of Me: All things pituitary

Less of Me: All things pituitary: It is my personal, non-doctor opinion that I have a pituitary tumor. If you remember, Cushing's Syndrome occurs when your body makes too...

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

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: Heritable Cushing's: There are several forms of known heritable Cushing's.    The most well-known is MEN1. Carney Complex is also fairly well understood.  Th...

Less of Me: Movie Monday!

Less of Me: Movie Monday!: Well not so much of a movie, but a segment on The Balancing Act I found on Youtube. This short video has a patient and a doctor who discuss ...

Muskeg Farm : Pushing yourself

Muskeg Farm : Pushing yourself: I've missed a few days, SORRY!  We were out of town on a crazy-busy trip where I didn't even see a computer (even though we brought ...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: My thoughts for the day....

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: My thoughts for the day....: I've been thinking a lot about my first round with Cushing's a lot lately. My endocrinologist has me tapering off of hydrocortisone ...

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: Types of Tumors

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: Types of Tumors: Just how many kinds of tumors are there associated with Cushing's? Wait, are we talking about pituitary tumors? Or adrenal tumors? How ...

Less of Me: Confidence

Less of Me: Confidence: Im about to get really real wit chu. Yes I just said witchu instead of with you. Also I hope none of my clients are reading this installment...

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

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: Subclinical Cushing's: Subclinical Cushing's Disease/Syndrome has be a controversial diagnosis.  Only in the past decade has the term been used.  According to ...

Muskeg Farm : Sphygmomanometer (SFIG-moh-mə-NOM-i-tər)

Muskeg Farm : Sphygmomanometer (SFIG-moh-mə-NOM-i-tər): If you are working on getting your Cushing's diagnosis (cause all that testing IS work), if you are post-op and in recovery, or if you h...

Less of Me: Pleased to meet ya

Less of Me: Pleased to meet ya: So, I started this blog soooo long ago (2012) about my weight loss journey, that I assumed everyone knew who I am. But, I realize that as pa...

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: My life in chaos

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: My life in chaos: Stress is bad for Cushing's patients. It can literally make you sick. I have had so much stress this week that it has affected my health...

Muskeg Farm : Word Search (Why not?)

Muskeg Farm : Word Search (Why not?): Cushings E E H L H F Q T D K S V H G F O S O H G W T Y S V V Z H P I A M O N E D A N J O A V I L A S I U I P I M D V L I W X Y U H...

Less of Me: The ugly truth: my skin

Less of Me: The ugly truth: my skin: CAUTION-- this is gross I have hated my skin for as long as I can remember.... and that is sad. I have had acne since I was 12 years old ...

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: When the Gold Standard Becom...

survive the journey: Cushing's Awareness: When the Gold Standard Becom...: The following is a repeat of an old post, but it still has such relevance, especially when talking about "mild" or subclinical Cus...

Muskeg Farm : Happy Birthday Dr Harvey Cushing

Muskeg Farm : Happy Birthday Dr Harvey Cushing

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: I blog about my health because

Life, Cushing's, Diabetes and Me: I blog about my health because: This is going to be a short post. My daughter is in the hospital, so I am staying with her. I blog about my health because I want to educate...

Less of Me: Cushing's Awareness Day!

Less of Me: Cushing's Awareness Day!: Hi All-- I hope we're reaching people who need to hear our message about the prevalence of Cushing's Syndrome! I thought I would...