Holly Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 New England Journal of Medicine--GIP Can anyone help me understand what I am looking at? *Food Dependent/Independent Cushings *GIP--Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanM Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Holly, the link wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Does it work now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCF Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 New England Journal of Medicine--GIP Can anyone help me understand what I am looking at? Holly, it's not new, that article is from 1992. If you google up food dependent Cushing's syndrome, you'll get a lot of hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Yes, I posted a link just now on Food Dependent/Independent Cushings--I'm trying to understand what it is. Can anyone explain what this means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatnsassy Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 There is a person on the bios who had this. You can look at her bio and it explains it. Gracie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 I just read Magdalena's story. So she has intestinal cells in her adrenals--She has a lot of the same symptoms I do regarding her stomach, she was skinny like I was except I had no GI symptoms--I don't get it, I am supposed to be cured from Cushings. What the hell is going on with my stomach now...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 2000 Posts Jo MacRaild Posted August 18, 2007 Over 2000 Posts Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Hi Holly, sorry to hear you're not feeling great. Whats going on with your stomach ?? Sorry you might have already posted & I've missed it...If your cortisol is back down to normal limits, could be that the excess caused the gastro probs & your system got used to it..& doesn't like coming down. Do you have trouble after eating ? My daughter flipped between blown up & skinny till 12 months, didn't grow till age 3 & than ballooned gaining 4lbs a week & having alternating chronic going/no going, with awful pain & sweating after eating anything. is your insulin & glucose ok ? Jo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Jo, insulin okay, glucose okay--It hurts like the mother of hell when I eat, I get esophagus spasms--now those are a party to deal with! My belly is bloated and makes me feel like I weight a ton when I eat. Funny, this stuff started only 2 mos ago. I was already off the hydro. I'm gaining fat around the waist although I cannot eat much. I can't take more than ONE small girls' fist-sized meal per day. Its all I eat. I'm worried because my iron levels are on the floor and I dont' think I am metabolizing my iron supplements properly, or if I'm metabolizing anything I eat at all. I can become anemic very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatnsassy Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Holly, you might need to have your esophagus stretched. That might stop the spasms. I wonder if you really had these problems all along, but the cortisol was masking the problem. Now that the excess cortisol is all gone, these things have reared their ugly heads? I would ask the Dr. if that is a possibility. I know when mine drops, I seem to have way more problems, physically, going on. My PCP thinks that when my cortisol is up/high, it is masking any pain I would be having from other problems. Just a thought. Gracie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Gracie, I always thought so too. And it is not only the esophagus problem that was being masked, but also the heart issue too. Its amazing what cortisol can do. How do they stretch the esophagus, do you have to go under for a proceedure to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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