growth hormone replacement

🔵 New on the Message Boards ~ July 15, 2017

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A quick summary of some of this week’s activity on the Cushing’s Help message boards.

A new question about the cost vs benefits of growth hormone under the topic Growth Hormone

A newbie who is not yet diagnosed but has Bi lateral adrenal tumors

Information about Webinar: Coping With the Ups and Downs of Pituitary Disorders

A new Image Gallery, A Dancer’s 40 lbs Weight Gain in under 2 years + symptoms

The first picture shows me in peak performance shape weighing about 105 lbs standing at 5’4″ contrasted with how I look now at about 147 lbs with swollen legs&arms, puffy red face, fat above the collar bone and on the neck, and lots of weight gain in the butt/thigh area. It really looks like I don’t have a neck anymore.

Following are photos of how my face has steadily changed every few months. Notice how I used to have a very defined heart-shaped face with a pointy chin, and now have a round face with jowls and numerous neck lines/rolls that extend past my collar bone.

The question was asked: Has anyone stayed in a hospital for multiple days of inpatient testing?

A new member from Nottingham, UK was told she had cyclical edema, then PCOS which all turned out to be Cushing’s.

 

There’s other stuff happening but you’ll just have to read the boards to find out what!

(Please note that I’m sharing these from the Cushings-Help.com message boards. You must be a logged-in member of that board to read them. Log in or register at http://cushings.invisionzone.com )

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Webinar: Growth Hormone Replacement: Not Just for Kids?

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Thu, Mar 23, 2017 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Presented by:

Susan L Samson MD PhD FRCPC FACE
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Pituitary Center at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Learning Objectives: At the end of the session the learner will be able to:

1) Discuss the testing approaches for confirmation of growth hormone deficiency in adult patients with pituitary disease
2) Understand the far reaching effects of growth hormone throughout the body
3) Describe the potential benefits and adverse effects of growth hormone replacement therapy in appropriate patients

Presenter Bio:

Susan L. Samson MD PhD FRCPC FACE is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She is originally from Canada and completed her medical degree at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) and Internal Medicine training in her hometown of Calgary, Alberta. She moved to Baylor for Endocrinology fellowship training and then joined the faculty. She is the Medical Director of the Pituitary Center at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center where she is part of a multidisciplinary team – with Dr. Daniel Yoshor (Neurosurgery) and Dr. Mas Takashima (Otolaryngology)- who are committed to excellence in surgical and clinical outcomes for pituitary patients. She currently serves on the board of directors of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and is a member of the Neuroendocrine and Pituitary Scientific committee. She also is involved in training future endocrinologists as the Endocrinology fellowship program director. Dr. Samson has a basic science lab and has also been involved as a site principal investigator for pharmaceutical clinical trials of therapies for pituitary disorders. She has been awarded the Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation as well as the Rising Star award at Baylor College of Medicine. Her major clinical interest is pituitary disorders including pituitary adenomas, hypopituitarism, Cushing’s disease and Acromegaly.

Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6691253214341976066?utm_source=newsletter_232&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=webinar-announcement-growth-hormone-replacement-not-just-for-kids