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hiiJoey,

f you look at the right side of the main page when you login, you will see the donation site and Donations: 801.61 USD || Goal 

PayPal is good and anything helps, thanks.

Dave

Hiya Robin,

Good to see your name here again...hope you're doing better.

I agree with you entirely and it is so embarrassing that folks have to be embarrassed into making a minimal donation to support a facility which is of tremendous value to all who come here.

....and you know doing without those Big Macs and the other stuff would also help with weight control a little.

In the UK we have a National Health Service which is essentially funded by employees' compulsory contribution until they reach retirement age and then you get a pension based on how much you've contributed over your working life. I think generally US ages are considerably higher than here in the UK and therefore you have the capability  to buy your health care. 

Would $10 really be difficult for most people or are they just happy to let a few, including the creator of the site, pay the dues.

Count me in.

Best wishes

Dave

Well, they don't necessarily spread. The tumors that cause Cushing's disease are generally very tiny. Microscopic, in fact. Sometimes people that have cyclical Cushing's have tumors that look like goopy blobs (for lack of a better description). My tumor was not visible even when my surgeon did my surgery. But my pathology report showed that I had a tumor. Or possibly a few. Sometimes there are several microscopic areas of disease on the gland.

I hope that helped.

:)Kathy

Goopy blob huh......that description fits a lot of kids in my neighbourhood. 

Seriously the more I read about pituitary tumours and how small they can be the more I tend to compare them to "brain wiring malfunctions" and the more I believe that pituitary Cushing's is pretty well incurable . I've had 6 pit MRIs over a similar number of years and despite some radiologists concerns about "hypointense areas post gadolineum contrast" nobody has ever said  ' we think you may have Cushing's ' or  ' we should do an IPSS  to evaluate this '

Adrenal problem is a very different kettle of fish as we all know. Maybe that pituitary based disease is still an imprecise area for surgery and therefore why there are so many recurrences and indeed why so many folk don't get to surgery or even diagnosis...after all , as was remarked recently in another post .... all surgeons know how to operate but some know when to operate and when to leave it alone .

just my view.

Dave

In simple terms is this like picking the full grown bloom as opposed to "nipping it in the bud" ?

Dave

I know it's not a laughing matter but a smile sometimes helps.

I just did a double take cos I read the topic heading wrong and thought it said "Cushings doesn't make you FART"

Bet it does !

Sorry, it's just my weird mind.

Dave

It possibly doesn't by itself but the effects of it do in some cases. Not all Cushing's sufferers gain weight noticeably. Arguably the inability to tolerate excercise could cause weight gain.