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Karen N

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 MaryO

I have been a proud member for around 12 of those years!

~ In response to a Facebook post on the Birthday of the Message Boards

⭐️ Top PIcks on the Message Boards updated July 31, 2021
Top content from across the message boards, hand-picked by MaryO and the Cushing's community.
📰 Cushing’s Disease Presenting with Psychosis
We present a young woman with 3 weeks of headaches and cognitive disturbance who subsequently developed florid psychosis requiring multiple admissions under neurology and psychiatry.
❣️Happy 21st Birthday Cushing’s Help! ❣️
It’s unbelievable but the idea for Cushing’s Help and Support arrived 21 years ago late last night. I was talking with my dear friend Alice, who ran a wonderful menopause site called Power Surge, wondering why there weren’t many support groups online (OR off!) for Cushing’s and I wondered if I could start one myself and we decided that I could.
⚠️ Covid info from Dr. Theodore Friedman (Dr. F)
Statistics are that people who are vaccinated have a 1:1,000,000 chance of dying from COVID, while people who are unvaccinated have a 1:500 chance of dying from COVID. I think most people would take the 1:1,000,000 risk. Dr. Friedman has always been a proponent of the COVID-19 vaccine because he is a scientist and bases his decisions on peer-reviewed liter […]
✍️ Why Did I Stop Sleeping?
An article on pituitary Cushing's from Prevention magazine.
📰 Patient and Provider Perspectives on Postsurgical Recovery of Cushing Syndrome
Poor communication between physicians and CS patients may contribute to dissatisfaction with the postsurgical experience. Increased information on recovery, including helpful coping mechanisms, and improved provider-physician communication may improve HRQOL during recovery.
🖤 In Memory: Kassey Whiterock, June 30, 2016
Kassey passed away on June 30, 2016. Her sister said she died in her sleep. She was in the hospital due to a crisis on June 21st. Kassey was only 20 years old.
🖤 In Memory: Kalyn Allen, June 28, 2017
Kalyn was only 41 when she died on June 28, 2017. She had recently had pituitary surgery.
🖤 In Memory: Kate Myers, June 23, 2014
Kate (Fairley on the Cushing's Help message boards) was only 46 when she died on June 23, 2014.
📰 Bradley Javorsky, MD, on a New Cortisol Cutoff for Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis
With the goal of reducing false positives for adrenal insufficiency (AI), scientists are recommending a new, more precise diagnostic cutoff of 14-15 μg/dL of serum cortisol, rather than the current 18 μg/dL.

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