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----------------------------------------------------------- From: hurricaney1 Message 1 in Discussion Hi, this is my first post. I was diagnosed with Acromegaly this past April. I have a history of eating disorders but have been asymptomatic for almost a year. In spring of 2007 I began to notice strange symptoms. I do not know if that is when they began or if that is when I became observant of them. It is hard to determine given the fact that I blamed every health issue on bulimia. Last winter, I became more concerned regarding the symptoms and scheduled a pcp appt. She prescribed a sleep study; wikipedia prescribed an endocrinologist, haha. I made an appointment and saw him on April 16. Everyone was skeptical because I do not have obvious features of either Cushings or Acromegaly. My symptoms seem to resemble both. The excessive sweating was the initial flag for me. Regardless of his skepticism, he ordered the right tests and it was found. I had more blood tests and mris and surgery was done on July 15. The surgeon targeted a cystic lesion on my posterior pituitary and it was removed. The surgery was deemed unsuccessful following post op blood tests. I have a question that I would appreciate feedback on. Here is the back story. I developed diabetes insipidus while in the hospital. I was sent home with ddavp spray which I never had a chance to take. A day after I was discharged I developed severe hyponatremia, which was a triphasic reaction to the Diabetes Insipidus. I went back to the hospital for a week. The problem is that all of this affected my appetite severely - non eating disorder related. The hyponatremia caused nausea and up to this point I am bearly eating half of what I need. On August 8 I had the glucose test. This past tuesday, I went back to my endocrinologist. He was confused by my high Gh levels but apparently low Igf1 levels, which are unusual he said and seem to be flawed. He sent me back yesterday to have a repeat glucose test, presuming a mistake was made by the lab. I am now discovering that malnutrition has an effect, a retardation effect, on Igf1. Has anyone else found this to be the case? ----------------------------------------------------------- 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]
