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10-07-2008, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | I'm frightened...really frightened.
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Probably posted this somewhere else but it'sstill playing on my mind.
Some of you might remember that I posted a thread a while or so ago about how it was suspected I had the hormonal defect Cushing's Syndrome.
Well that diagnosis has all but been confirmed by a speciallist doctor. But what has added to my fears and is plaguing my mind is that it is almost certainly being caused by a tumour. They are unsure as to where it might be but it is likely on my kidneys or on the base of the brain.
I will also have to undergo some pretty nasty surgery and then have another month or so of treatment before they know that I am cured.
The fact that it could be a tumour is really scary.
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Originally Posted by LowDown Hal  Bass Players - Do It Deep | |
10-07-2008, 12:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | Check out the following for further info: http://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/p...s/cushings.htm
If it's on your pituitary, most likely be treated with meds because it's usually a benign tumor.
At least you 'll get treated and resolve a lot of medical problems caused by Cushing's. It's better to know then not to.
Stay strong.
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10-07-2008, 12:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | Ooh. I hope everything goes well for you.
If not, can I have your Shergold?
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10-07-2008, 12:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | Cheers guys! Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderscreech If not, can I have your Shergold? | Get your own! 
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Originally Posted by LowDown Hal Bass Players - Do It Deep | |
10-07-2008, 12:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | You also mentioned in another thread about getting real cold hands. Resolving the Cushing's should help this. Another possibility is that once the Cushing's is resolved, it may affect your thyroid as well. Keep an eye on your thyroid numbers. |
10-07-2008, 12:52 AM
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10-07-2008, 01:13 AM
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10-07-2008, 01:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles / West Hollywood | | Awwww.... don't be scurred 
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10-07-2008, 07:02 AM
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10-07-2008, 07:04 AM
|  | Jazz Chicken | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | | Here's hoping for the best. Stay strong, dude.
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10-07-2008, 07:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: under a palm tree sippin pepsi | | | i sure do hope all goes well.
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10-07-2008, 07:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Filthydelphia, USA | | | Sounds like the doctors are on top of it. Best of luck. |
10-07-2008, 07:30 AM
| | Yoyo's Hurt When You Crank It Into Your Face | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland Ohio | | Its ok to be scared... Just get it handled and then put it behind you.. Live the rest of your life worry free..
Good Luck, Have Faith, and Kick this thing in the Jimmy..
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10-07-2008, 07:50 AM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | Having faced some major surgery myself this past April, I can tell you this - although it's exceedingly hard to do, you MUST focus on getting better and fighting this. You have to tell yourself:
"OK, I may have this serious problem, I may not, but my main goal right now is working with the doc(s) as a part of a team. I'll do my best to not focus on the fear, but focus on what I need to do right now to get better. I'll worry about the frightening aspect of it all later."
Listen, I know that this sounds a bit silly but all I can say is that it worked for me. I faced a situation where my death was a real possibility, and it's terrifying. I got through it by putting the fear aside as best as I can an refocusing on what I needed to do to beat it. That's what you have to do right now. What else can you do?
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10-07-2008, 08:34 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Yikes.....our last dog had this. It made him pee all over the house uncontrollably. We had to put him down.
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10-07-2008, 08:49 AM
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Fear is the mind killer. Don't be afraid, work with your doctors, and refuse to give in to fear. |
10-07-2008, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange
Fear is the mind killer.
| A lesson from the Benne Gesserit
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10-07-2008, 10:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 Yikes.....our last dog had this. It made him pee all over the house uncontrollably. We had to put him down.
-Mike | I'm sure that's just what Fassa wanted to hear. 
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10-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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10-07-2008, 11:02 AM
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