The information I have is very sketchy. I’ll update when/if I can find an obituary.
Kassey passed away on June 30th. Her sister said she died in her sleep.
She was in the hospital due to an adrenal crisis on June 21, 2016.
I don’t know the exact cause or if she was still in the hospital.
She had surgery April 28, 2016 for blood clots.
Kassey was only 20!
From a GoFundMe page her sister put up.
Kassey Whiterock passed away June 30th in her sleep. If you knew her, you knew allow badly she was sick and in and out of the hosipital. My mother and I are the ones arranging her funeral cost and on top of the sadness of loosing her we are not worrying about how were going to do this. The plans are for her to be cremated and taken to Arizona where we have family and reservation. If you could please find it in your heart to to donate it would be greatly appreciated and one thing my mother and I do not have to stress about in this time of grieving .
We lost another Cushie sister today. Kalyn Allen’s husband posted this on Facebook:
This afternoon my beautiful wife and mother of my children completed her path in this life so that she may be reborn again into the next. She was surrounded by her children, family, and friends when she transitioned very peacefully. She now is free to be reborn again and continue the cycle of life to hope one day to reach nirvana. While we will morn her passing our attachments to this world of suffering and rebirth are what bring us back over and over. So let us not mourn a loss today but say good luck in the next. For we are full of desire for this world and we will surely meet again.
Yesterday he posted:
Kalyn is in critical condition in the CV-ICU at St. John’s in Tulsa in a medically induced coma due to pulmonary embolisms in her lungs and thrombosis in her legs. She had a procedure last night to install a VC fiter and to remove as many clots as possible in her lungs. They cant use tPA to dissolve the clots without a great risk of bleeds in the previous brain surgery. Today was difficult. Kalyn had a cardiac event and coded for a few minutes this afternoon. They quickly resuscitated her with only 2 sets of chest compressions but at this point we are unsure why it happened. She stabilized very quickly afterwards with good rhythm and pressure. A blood clot may have temporary blocked something. She is still being kept sedated and intubated and they can’t move her yet to to do anymore scans and at this point they would not be able to use contrast due to the stress on her kidneys. At this point we are still just touch and go. Because she is in ICU you can not send flowers and if you would please ask a family member if there is an appropriate time to visit. Instead of flowers we are still in need of funds as the children and I are having to make daily trips into tulsa and back home each night and the cost of meals while we are there so any donations would be helpful. Thank you everyone for your kind words of support.
My name is Kalyn I am 41 years old. I am married and have three children. In Nov ‘16 I was diagnosed with Cushing’s Disease.
My journey began in June ‘16 when I attended a health screening provided by my employer. It was discovered that my blood pressure was dangerously high and I was sent to my physician. I was prescribed blood pressure medicine. A couple of weeks later I joined a wellness program to turn around my exercise and eating habits in hopes that it would help me lose weight and lower my blood pressure.
Over the next few months I was seen by my physician numerous times. I was beginning to have strange symptoms. I was easily bruising. Dark purple stretch marks started to appear out of nowhere. I had hair loss on my head but excessive hair growth on my face. My ankles and hands swelled along with a loss of muscle mass in my legs, horrible acne and a shortness of breath. While my physician tried several different medications they were not alleviating my symptoms. At this point I was having trouble getting in and out of my car and the shower. I also started seeing a therapist because the excess hormones in my system were causing uncontrollable mood swings. During this time I was exercising and following the wellness program losing 52 pounds from June until the end of Oct. But there were still issues controlling my blood pressure. It was at this point that my physician referred me to an endocrinologist.
The endocrinologist ordered a multitude of tests to measure my cortisol levels as Cushing’s disease was suspected. To be thorough an MRI was ordered of my brain to see if they could find a tumor on my pituitary gland. This was done at the end of Dec. It was discovered that I had a 3.7 millimeter tumor on my pituitary gland. From there I was referred to a brain surgeon.
My condition continues to deteriorate as I am experiencing extreme fatigue, intense muscle and joint pain while having excruciating headaches almost everyday. Among other agonizing symptoms that complicate the situation.
I now have surgery scheduled for the first week of May ’17 to remove the tumor. I will be in the hospital for 3-7 days and my recovery time will be from 6-8 weeks. I will have to travel hours away to have the surgery and remain there during my stay in the hospital. My parents will be by my side during surgery. But unfortunately my children and husband will not be able to accompany me due to the expense and not being able to leave our farm animals unattended for that long.
During this time away from work I will be on short term disability. My employers short term disability plan only covers 80% of my wages during this time. This will result in my family undergoing a financial hardship as my husband and parents undertake the task of my care during recovery and attempting to cover the missing 20% plus extra expenses such as medicines and doctors appointments.
I am asking for your compassion and support to help my family and I through these trying times. This journey has been a roller coaster of emotions and physical pain for myself and my family. My Mother has been such a rock for me listening to me complain and cry. My Father has also been there for me always willing to talk and making me smile and laugh even if I didn’t feel like it. My Husband has taken over so much responsibility that was mine. And my children are always willing to help me out with the little things. It is frustrating going from being very active and able to do so many things I love to now only being able to go into the office to work several days a week and the rest of the week working from home doing little else because of the pain and the fatigue. I just want to get back to normal.
Update 5/3/17:
Kalyn’s surgery was very successful and the doctors said they where able to see and remove the tumor only taking 40% of her pituitary gland. She is in recovery now and will be in the hospital for the remainder of the week. She would like to thank everyone for their continuing support over the next few months while she recovers.
Update 5/4/17:
We got some bad news today. After removing the tumor along with 40% of Kalyn’s pituitary gland, her cortisol levels are still high, meaning there is still something else causing her cushings. So we are back to square one. Now we wait to see what the surgeons and the endocrinologists came up with. She is still in a lot of pain and exhausted because it is hard to sleep with all the packing in her sinuses. With this news she will probably have to stay in the hospital longer and may have to have another surgery to remove the rest of her pituitary if they can’t find anything else. The Dr’s may order a PET/CT scan to look other places for tumors but that may take up to 48 hours to get access to the machine.
Update 5/8/17:
Kalyn went in for a PET/CT scan this morning at 6:45 to look for any other tumors or cancer that could be causing the Cushing’s disease. Baring the scan finding anything, later this week the surgical team will go back in and remove the remainder of her pituitary gland. This will result in her being required to be on several medications the rest of her life. While removing the pituitary should solve the Cushing’s it opens the door to increased risk of complications and additional heath problems in the future. She will have to stay in the hospital much longer then anticipated and may have a longer recovery time. The children and husband where able go to OKC on Saturday to visited with her in ICU. This was the first time we have been able to see here in a week besides video chats. They spent several hours together and everyone enjoyed the short time with mom. Thank you Bob Eden for driving the family to OKC and for the pizza lunch everyone enjoyed. Kalyn remains optimistic and in high spirits considering the circumstances. She enjoys and appreciates all the kind words and support she has received though this difficult ordeal. The results of the PET/CT scan should come back quickly and we hope to not have to deliver any more bad news. This ordeal has been very stressful for her and the family and we are hoping for a favorable resolution soon. Kalyn and the family thank you for your continuing support and donations.
Update 6/26/17:
Kalyn is in critical condition in the CV-ICU at (hospital ommited) in Tulsa in a medically induced coma due to pulmonary embolisms in her lungs and thrombosis in her legs. She had a procedure last night to install a VC fiter and to remove as many clots as possible in her lungs. They cant use tPA to dissolve the clots without a great risk of bleeds in the previous brain surgery. Today was difficult. Kalyn had a cardiac event and coded for a few minutes this afternoon. They quickly resuscitated her with only 2 sets of chest compressions but at this point we are unsure why it happened. She stabilized very quickly afterwards with good rhythm and pressure. A blood clot may have temporary blocked something. She is still being kept sedated and intubated and they can’t move her yet to to do anymore scans and at this point they would not be able to use contrast due to the stress on her kidneys. At this point we are still just touch and go.Because she is in ICU you can not send flowers and if you would please ask a family member if there is an appropriate time to visit. Instead of flowers we are still in need of funds as the children and husband are having to make daily trips into Tulsa and back home each night and the cost of meals while we are there so any donations would be helpful. Thank you everyone for your kind words of support.
I am a 45-year-old female I have five children three of which are adults and two that are 17 and 16 years old.
Around 2018 I started to develop a very round face plus I had a lot of weight gain in August 2019 I had an MRI of my brain and there was a pituitary microadenoma 6 mm I had a second MRI in August 2020 and I still had the pituitary microadenoma well then December 2020 I had an MRI and the microadenoma was gone sooooooo I said to my Endo maybe we should take a look at my kidneys
well I just found out about those my right one has a 8 1/2 mm nodule on the adrenal gland and then my left kidney has a some type of cyst on the superior pole of the kidney And some kind of lesion I’ve been referred to a urologist to take out possibly my adrenal gland my endocrinologist he did notate that he was going to be considering adrenalectomy as possibly the Best treatment along with the urologist I just got referred to the urologist I have to call them back on Monday to set up an appointment
I am I am nearly 400 pounds I have lost all my hair I’ve lost my fingernails twice due to fungus ravaging my body when I am sick weak such opportunistic little suckers and I don’t eat very much out of the seven of us in this house I eat less than anybody does no matter how little I eat I just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger and then I got the skinny legs and I’ve got fins skin that cracks open all the time for no apparent reason and then take forever to heal
I had one midnight salivary test will come back 253 I had a second salivary come back 127 but four months later they messaged me and said it was a mistake the 127 was not my results my result was normal little bit shady I asked how and why this could’ve even happened four months later and the doctor says he does not now s
o then my next cortisol test was with the 8 mg dexamethazone suppression and it took it down very low so I’ve been with this endocrinologist since August 2019 and he’s tested my cortisol three times and my urinary cortisol has collected one time there was nothing cortisol related with my urine and also cortisol blood tests that were within normal limits as well so he says I have intermittent Cushing’s disease
Cushing syndrome yeah I don’t feel that he is vigorously done anything to treat me do more testing do more salivary‘s do more anything if I wasn’t so deep in this already I had to wait four months to see him back in April or August 2019 I’m this far in and to back out now and try to find an endocrinologist would be a total pain in the ass my whole body has changed my mind has changed my memory my vision my confidence
I have a very hairy face now and it actually connects all the way around to make it go to you now so that’s wonderful and my stretch marks have gotten deeper and more severe on my abdomen and sometimes even feel like they could crack open him as I’m prone to fungal infections when I am not in good health I have ringworm on my stomach I have ingrown hairs all over my chin that can’t get through the scar tissue from a previous health issue that I can get into later so the hairs get stuck Behind the scar tissue and just keep getting more ingrown and More ingrown.
I am basically paralyzed and I’ve been telling him this for over a year I feel like I am going to be paralyzed I feel like my legs are not working my muscles are not working I have such weakness and such pain in my body it is unreal it’s inhumane in my opinion and awls I can take for it is Tylenol
I cannot believe in the year 2021 once they killed a bunch of people off with opioids they never thought hey maybe we should develop something else for pain real pain that works idiots!
There is a lot more to my story that I hope to get to share with people that have gone through this living hell and I am in desperate need of support in guidance I have no one to talk to you about this that knows really anything about it so I’m hoping here I can find support.
FIND SOMEONE TO SAY “OMG ME TOO” just any connection and advice I hope to find here. I’m afraid I’ll die before they finally decide to take action.
Thomas “Tommy” F. Zachman, of Windsor, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died suddenly and unexpectedly at University Hospital in Denver on June 3, 2010, complications of Cushing’s Syndrome.
Tommy was born Sept. 3, 1950, in Toledo. He was a graduate of Rogers High School and the University of Toledo and the University of Toledo Law School. He practiced law in Ohio. Most of his career was spent with West Publishing in Cincinnati which enabled him to enjoy extensive travel throughout the United States. He left his position at the company when it was sold.
He was an animal lover and always enjoyed his family dogs. He also enjoyed cycling, music, college sports and reading. Tommy was always available to help others with their problems.
Kassey passed away on June 30th. Her sister said she died in her sleep.
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