The pituitary gland
My name is Meriam San Antonio, 52 years old from Fairfield, California. I have been married for 19 years and have three teenage children. I was sick for almost 7 months ( starting March 2013) and the doctors couldn’t figure out what is wrong with me. My symptoms were being bloated, had edema on my feet and legs, swollen all over, had a “moon face”, bruising on my hands, myopathy/neuropathy, aching nerves, bloated stomach (as if I was pregnant), double vision, and lost my ability to walk.
I have been in and out of the ER due to having a congested heart failure, urinary tract infection, colonitis. I suffered from acute depression and tried killing myself. My blood pressure and blood sugar was soaring so high and uncontrolled.
After a series of tests, I was finally diagnosed of having Cushing’s syndrome. A surgery was done on August 2013 to removed my pituitary gland at the left side of my brain.. I had to take an early retirement from work and currently on Social Security Disability.
Two years had past and I have recovered. I lost weight, my blood sugar and blood pressure were now on the normal range. It seems after the surgery, everything was back to normal. I can now walk on my own ( without the help of a cane, walker and wheel chair) but had to undergo a knee replacement as I fell many times on my knees due to nerve weakness. I had a rough time and had gone through a lot.
I stopped taking my PTU medication as told by my doctor as I am already “Cushing’s free”.
But my endocrinologist just informed me that the result of my thyroid test was high. She ordered me to take a “nuclear iodine test” next week. I am so worried that my Cushing’s will come back. I do not want to undergo such experience as I was so traumatized by it.
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Oct 01, 2016 @ 06:06:53
Hi Meriam S
I have been sick and undiagnosed for so long.my PCP wouldn’t listen to me I found a copy of an old CT scan from one of many bouts with kidney stones that showed bilateral adrenal adenomas. Finally got a doctor friend to order Dex suppression test which I failed miserably. I’m so scared and have no clue which docs are best to help me. I live near Sacramento Ca and wondered who did your surgery? My friend said I need an MRI because the problem causing tumor is likely on my pituitary.