Ever since I was ten years old I had carried a diagnosis of a chronic, incurable disease called gastroparesis. Really my issues started at age eight and become undeniable around age nine, but back then everyone wanted to blame my GI symptoms on things like stress, control issues, behavior problems or even eating disorders. At that point, there was no mention of any pituitary tumor.
At age 19, I found out that I also had a brain tumor growing on my pituitary gland. My kidney doctor, Dr. Green, had ran test after test on me, swearing she’d figure out what was wrong with me until on a whim she ran a 24-hour urine collection for cortisol and creatinine on me,
She didn’t expect to find much, as my blood levels of cortisol were normal, but she had exhausted all other options and knew something was wrong with me. Dr. Green … Find Out What Happens Next
