About 12 years ago I had a rather large pituitary tumor. I had surgery followed by radiation a few years later. The radiation pretty much took out the tumor along the Pit gland itself. Slowly, my endocrinal systems began to shut down. Testosterone stopped first, later thyroid, ACTH and finally about 3 years ago my adrenal glands went on strike, no longer giving me any adrenalin or cosrtisone.
That last one was the big whammy. I almost died from it, until a competent endocrinologist figured out what should have been obvious to my primary care doctor and all the doctors at the hospitals I was admitted into. He said I was the second worst off patient he has ever had. Your adrenal gland is the only one you cannot live without.
Shots and pills everyday , and I now feel normal and now feel good and can't wait for the weather to get to bicycling temps!
Anyway as John Astin said in Night Court, "I feel much better now."
Last edited by gitarzan; 02-13-11 at 09:44 PM.