by Sarah Reilley Read more from her blog @ Spoons and Adrenals As we all know, adrenal crisis is a life or death situation. Without immediate, proper care, there’s a very small window to correct the crisis before coma, brain damage, and death occur. Not every emergency
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Advice from a Volunteer Firefighter with Adrenal Insufficiency My name is Jeannie, and I have been diagnosed with Secondary AI since March of 2015. To make a long story short, I was diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma in Feb of 2015. It was apron 8mm x 10mm
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By Lisa J. Markland Originally posted on FB in the Addison’s Disease Support Group. To respect privacy some names have been changed to initials. As the ADSG’s founder, along with the group’s admins, I’d like to let you all know of the very sad passing of several
Read more →Grieving is an inevitable part of parenting. All of our children were born their OWN person. Before their birth, all parents have dreams of what they see in their future with their kids. Most of us imagine the child growing up, having common experiences in adolescence, learning
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Being a friend to a parent of a child with special needs is not an easy task. The lives of a parent of a child with special needs are fairly chaotic, unpredictable, slightly self serving, and messy. I am a parent to a sweet little boy, and
Read more →We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership that will bring our resources in front of The Mighty‘s wide-reaching readership. We will now have a growing home page on The Mighty and appear on many stories on the site. The Mighty is a story-based health community focused on
Read more →This was orignially written for the Society for Endocrinology Monthly Newsletter by the www.aldlife.org . ALD Life has given us permission to use it here in our blog. Importance of the link between Adrenal Failure and Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) In 2001, Alex and Ayden Hunt, from East Dulwich, were diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).
Read more →DAY TWENTY-FOUR, CUSHING’S AWARENESS CHALLENGE Originally written and posted on April 24, 2012 by MaryO · Comments (0)Filed under: Cushing’s Awareness Challenge 2012, Cushings Visit Cushing’s Help for more information about Cushing’s Disease I first saw a similar image to this one with the saying Life. Be in
Read more →Did the Tears Pour Because My Cortisol was Low? My last blog was HypoGal LOL about Doctors and Steroid Treatments The tears had poured down for a couple of days before my last mini adrenal crisis. The down pour of tears should have been my warning signal. But, even after
Read more →Abram Iman: Gift of Peace & Good Will On Dec. 17th, 2011, Abram Iman celebrated his 10th birthday by making gifts for seriously ill children. These weren’t just any gifts, but carefully crafted, heartfelt gifts that Abram says – “just made me happy.” The shy, soft-spoken boy
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