Alyssa is a busy wife and mother who finally found the time and space in her life to train as a triathlete.
Everything went well until her body started to rebel. She and her doctors were mystified when her exercise was derailed by fatigue, unusal aches, and worst of all, a significant weight gain despite careful eating and loads of exercise.
When she saw she was burning more calories than she was consuming she became her own medical sleuth. Through the process of elimination and revealing testing, she was finally diagnosed.
Today Alyssa is back to her demanding athletic training and managing very well despite having Cushing’s Disease.
Here is her story.
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Jun 15, 2025 @ 16:04:23
I have to say, I am not surprised. It’s so upsetting to me how many doctors went to medical school, graduated, worked as residents somewhere and still no so little about endocrinology. It’s inexcusable and quite frankly it’s tiring to hear them always say, “exercise more, eat less” blah blah. Thank goodness for Alyssa her doctor may have been a step above the rest or an actual endocrinologist. As someone with MEN1, I had to start reading medical books to understand my own diagnosis when I was 19, I had an aldosteronoma. Another type of pituitary disease.