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kick some fanny, sue! ... and include my name too.... it WOULD have been nice if they included at least a tiny blurb about pcos and cushings..... oh, wait.... i KNOW why they didn't!!!! the doctors offices would be deluged with phone calls from other obese folks like us demanding to be checked for, dare i say it??? (oh yeah), cortisol levels!!!!!

doing a search for the journal of obesity, i discovered it's 轜+ a year for a subscription and you can't get into it online without that.... but i also found an article in another area: http://www.obesity-news.com/omr08-00.htm#virus this article is massive, so we shouldn't burden mary's system by copying it over here... besides, there's alot moreinformation. this article which was published before proof, suggests that the hypothalmus is damaged by the virus.... since the hypothalmus links to the pit, it's altogether possible that that is also damaged by the virus.... go read it... it's lengthy, but it's printed using easy to understand language. and it mentions the school in wisconsin, but the news i heard this morning really was at wayne state university in michigan.

doctors who treat hormonal imbalance are somewhat aware of this. and insurance companies, as might be expected, are balking at the idea as GH runs ? to ? a month for adequate treatment. according to dr. leach who seems to know his stuff but doesn't handle patients terribly well, bone loss continues for the first six months of GH injections (it is only by injection right now), and takes a year to begin building back up.... supplements should continue until xrays of the bones show solid, dense bone. note though that insurance companies tend to base discontinuance on xrays of the bone which fills in most rapidly, not the last .... even then, if you're not making it, GH should be continued. heart damage caused by deficiency of GH turns around in six months. hair returns. skin condition also improves.

on this noon's news, they announced that a researcher, a doctor whose name i don't recall, has discovered a virus which does indeed cause obesity. the study was done with chickens (shades of chicken run)and he discovered that this virus is highly contagious. he said that he could not do this same study in humans, but that they were now examining humans with obesity for antibodies to this virus. it has been found in some folks. the paper was published in the journal of obesity, it has not been made public. wayne state does have a medical school. if i hear any more about it, i'll post it... but he made no mention of any connection to tumor generation or cushings or other hormonal imbalances. in virginia at the pit days conference, the doctors who were hosting the seminar had posted questions about virally caused tumors but said they had no idea what was causing pit or adrenal tumors... just that there was ongoing research.

one of the wisest things i ever heard out of the mouth of a doctor was 'ranges are meant as suggestions, not fixed in concrete. if the patient has the symptoms, the patient has the problem irregardless of the tests'. elizabeth lee vliet, md, in 'screaming to be heard'. now, you might well ask yourself how a doctor could possibly make such a statement when most of us end up seeing some very egotistical folks who are only interested in playing gd, not helping.... the fact is, that doc vliet has her own set of hormone problems and she named the book based on her reactions to them as well as her patients' reactions to hormonal imbalance....