And It's About Time There Was Some Support For Cushing's!
I have spent the last five or so years being mad at doctors for consistently blaming obesity for my weight gain. I know in my heart that there is something else wrong and just haven't been able to figure it out. Luckily I have a very supportive husband that loves me as is, but I don't really love myself the way I am now. I am 5/2 and weigh 285 pounds. I was a former Cheerleader and was used to making heads turn, I would spend hours doing my hair and loved to put on beautiful clothes and go out dancing, weight was never an issue for me, even after having three children, I was still normally 135-150 pounds at my highest.
I remember years ago seeing the end of a short story on Cushings (i think) years ago and my gut instincts were that person looks like me! I wanted to write down the information, but it went by too fast and I wasn't able to figure out what exactly it was.
I remembered from that that the endocrine system was involved and so here I am years later, doing some research and I came across this site. I don't have all of the symptoms, but think that I have many of them including the buffalo hump, moon face, striae(which just seem to appear and keep getting higher up on my stomach area, pretty soon it will just be one long line from my stomach to my underarm!) I have skin tags both under my arms and around my neck (which i feel like has another ring around it) I have frequent urination and have been "diagnosed" with both type II diabetes and high blood pressure. I am going to post some pics, so please take a look at them and let me know if I am crazy or if I have the symptoms you all have seen in yourself. I have decided to do a "report" of sorts for my newest doctor (i am thinking he might be receptive with evidence) that shows the history of my physical body and outlines the symptoms and how I fall under each one. Hopefully, this will work, if not, then I guess it will be time for a new doctor..... again.
