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So far it's a clinical diagnosis, and I'll be starting the blood work next week.

Several folks have asked me about Cushing's, so here is some basic information about it. I've been diagnosed for just over a month now, and I'm still learning about it. The following is information that I've cut and pasted, so the links will take you to the source I pulled them from. Something like 90% of Cushings is caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland in the brain, with something like 8% caused by tumors on the adreanal glands (near the kidneys), the final 2% is caused by a tumor somewhere else, such as the lungs, or it is caused from being on long term steoroids, such as Prednisone. Right now, the fatigue is opressive. Cushing's Syndrom http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo...s/cushings.htm Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder caused by prolonged exposure of the body's tissues to high levels of the hormone cortisol. Sometimes called "hypercortisolism," it is relatively rare and most commonly affects adults aged 20 to 50. An estimated 10 to 15 of every million people are affected each year. ... Treatment depends on the specific reason for cortisol excess and may include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or the use of cortisol-inhibiting drugs. If the cause is long-term use of glucocorticoid hormones to treat another disorder, the doctor will gradually reduce the dosage to the lowest dose adequate for control of that disorder. Once control is established, the daily dose of glucocorticoid hormones may be doubled and given on alternate days to lessen side effects. (this site has some good information, I especially like the symptom list. My DH was quite shocked when he realized that out of something like 43 symptions, I have 33 of the indicators.:faint:) http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/cushings_syndrome/intro.htm

Excellent! I know for many that insurance hurdle is the hardest.

Contact your doctor. If your band surgeon is not any help, talk to your PCP. Bring all your journals, you food journals and your stat trackers (weight and inches lost) so she can see exactly what is going on. If you doctor if baffled, like mine was, ask for referals. Ask to see an Endocrinologist, ask for that referal.

Hi Cathy, WHY is exactly what I started to demand and answer to in November. I started to question my non-loss in July, which would have been 4 months after banding. It Just didn't make sense, maybe losing one pound in a month?! I started to get the "you need more fill" or "you must be eating around the band" answers to my questions but those were not the right ansers for me. I started to develop an eating disorder, something related to anorexia. I figure I was the fatest anorexic on the planet, since I went to sub 700 calories on many days for the better part of a month (I was too tight). And I lost 1.5 pounds in a month. So I started to DEMAND an answer. I took a lot of flack from it, NOT ON LBT, but on a different board, where I was trying to see if anyone there had an answer for me. (lesson learned: don't go anywhere but LBT.) I'm really pushing all Turtles to go see their doctors and demand answers.

Wheetsin got her ba-and! Wheetsin got her ba-and!

you poor thing. Yes, you are going to be generally swollen after this last surgery, so it isn't surprising that you are having trouble with food. Go take a nice nap, listen to something soothing, and take care of your self in general. I think it's a good idea to be on liquids after such a bad PB, so be gentle with yourself too.

many people find that they are too tight in the morning if they eat at right. I think that if you are not too tight for breakfast 'that you are still booing good loss, and no reflux then there probably is no issue with late night eating

well, I'm down 30 pounds and I'm hardly a success story by any measure.

oh Leah, I'm feeling your pain. We don't Know what you've done so far 'so why don't you fill us in? I have no doubt that you've done every thingpossible, but it is important to Journal everything so you can take it to your doctor. If your Journal shows how diligent you have been then there is less wiggle room for you docs. They like to blame everything on weight, and if you can prove you're done everything possible, they have to look at other causes" . I have spent the better part of the last year in mental anguish because I wasn't/ couldn't loose weight. I started pushing for answers, pushing and pushing and I might have an answer. I've been diagnosed with Cushing's withwhich is a metabolic disorder. Don't let your doctors push this back on you

5'5", 235 pounds, size 20 jeans without the Dunlop look, tops 22/24, bra 42DDD Excellent idea Jill!

I voted that I take supliments, becuase I take multi-vitamines, and feel that they are important for my health. That, and they are highly recommended by my clinic. Just because I don't lose weight doesn't mean that they aren't helping in otherways.

Welcome Anu! Nope, no problem with Lurkers for me either. I just sometimes forget that there are lurkers until I'm pleasantly surprised by a PM or a new thread like this.

Ah, of course it was, but were you losing weight eating the way you were?

I guess I needed to frame this possibly differently. After the incisions have healed, after we've hit that famed sweet-spot with our fills, isn't it easy relative to what we've tried before? Has it really been that much of a struggle for most of us to lose weight after we've lost interest in food? Has it been that hard to lose weight for poeple once they are at their sweet spot? Has it been any where as hard to lose weight as all out many previous attempts to lose? I cannot speak from experince. I have only lost 25-30 pound in a year. That's all I'm going to lose until I get this Cushing's thing figured out and resolved. But I see everyone one else, with the exception of my beloved Turtles, just drop the weight like thier fat is being rendered. How many people on our board have lost 100 pounds in a year? How many have lost 75 pounds? How many lost 50? Was it a big struggle to lose? Or did it just seem that the fat melted away? That is exactly what I think TVgrrl, that there is a lot of guilt associated with weightloss, espcially since fat folks are often made to feel like they are less worthy because they are fat.

I use a CPAP and mine is abolutly silent. You cannot hear it at all, when I'm wearing it. My DH has asked me more than once if I was going to put it on, only to discover that I was already wearing it. As usual, Capt'n Jack is right on the money, get that test done.

Woot! that's wonderful! I remember the first time I was able to run for the bus, a full block, without even thinking about it, I just ran for it. Woot! way to go! and keep up the good work.

Here's the deal, I see this over and over in people's posts, and it just doesn't make sense to me. It's along the lines of "you didn't gain it fast, why would you lose it fast?" That doesn't make sense to me, because you see, I did gain it fast. One month I gained 25 pounds, another month I gained 18 pounds, one summer I gained 50 pounds. When I was really sick with asthma, and have to be put on steroids, I would automatically gain 10-20 pounds, 10 of which would be a killer to lose. My calories didn't change drastically, nor did my activity levels change. So, my question is how did you gain the weight? did it just sort of sneak up on you? did you gain steadily did you gain in small bursts did you gain in large bursts

My husband is the one that suggested that I get the band.

Laura! Dahlink! Excellent NSV! just wonderful! Okay, you've lost more than I have in your 4 months than I have in my almost year. You are on track to lose more than 70 pounds in a year. Hardly a slow looser.

You are too tight, and you need to get another slight unfill. For some people the difference of even .1cc can make all the difference! I sure feel bad for you, because I spent a month too tight and was MISERABLE and for me, 2cc = too tight. Congrats on your band, welcome to LBT and watch out, people are going to want pictures of that baby...

Man, doctors are so different in their protocols! Okay, we almost never have fills under the flouro, our fill nurses are that good. I can't speak for most people, but the sting from the needle is hardly even noticable. We are told to "take it easy" for the rest of the day after our fills, we don't have to do days of liquids or mushies. And I would suggest eating something an hour or so before you fill.

excellent work maintaining your loss! You say you've been eating all sorts of crap, and yet you haven't gained it all back! Well done! Can't give any advice about the pain, an I'm the elected Turtle Spokes Model, so I can't offere any advice about the plateau, other than stopping the junk Welcome back!

Okay, I was worried to at the title. Don't do that to me!

Excellent Sho! Excellent! Of course, I'm fully expecting you to be within the 25-35% body fat that women SHOULD be at, and that you are actually within tollerance, and TO HELL with the BMI Chart. I don't care what it says, it's a scale and scales lie.