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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Gary_Quebec Message 1 in Discussion Hi All, I am having such a difficult time to find a regular endocrinologist in the Montreal area. I need someone who has experience with acromegalic patients like my self, a suffer of this disease for more than 20 years. If I cant find a regular endo than I suppose a real one specialized in pituitary tumors is out of the question. My question is does anyone know of or had been to a great endo in eastern Canada. I feel myself loosing a grip on life day by day. The symptoms are getting worst including pains in the heart and incredible weakness. These symptoms are the worst since I had my surgery 11 years ago for my pituitary tumor. Dont know what to do and even my regular physician is having a hard time to find me an endocrinologist. He told me to be patient and it will happen in a few weeks. Dont know if I will be around in a few weeks, I wonder if I will have a cardiac problem in the middle of the night and just die away and out of everyones memory. Do the medical professionals really care about us acromegalic patients? The results from my last blood work show my testosterone was at 11 (in the morning with a reference range of 10-30.) My ACTH was very low and cortisone low as well. The doctor only gave me some cortisone for now (20mg in am and 10mg in pm) and told me to wait for the testosterone to be prescribed by a specialist. But when and who? Nobody can tell me while I am getting sick everyday. Does anybody have any suggestions on what I can do next or do I have to remain a guinea pig. I am taking Sandostatin Lar 30mg every month as well. The sandostatin brought my GH and IGF-1 levels to normal range. ??? Gary ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/PituitaryChat/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
