Posted by Larry Hoover on April 9, 2005, at 14:04:24
In reply to RE: Segeline (Deprenyl) and phenyalanine » Larry Hoover, posted by Elroy on March 28, 2005, at 17:27:25
> Isn't that strange... that one would so desperately want a physical disorder to be identified even if it is something as serious as a tumor causing Cushings or a tumor causing something else such as Pheochromocytoma (back when it was still thought to be Cushing's, I desperately hoped that they'd find a pit or adrenal tumor that was causing the Cushing's... and was almost ecstatic when the adrenal gland tumor was then found, thinking, aha!, this is it... and then crushed when further tests indicated that it wasn't even Cushing's... high cortisol, yes, ultra high cortisol, yep, but not being caused by the adrenal gland tumor putting out too much ACTH which then caused excessive cortisol secretions)....
Sorry, I got busy preparing for a hearing (which I won).
Anyway, it's the way of the medical system. They have this flow. You present with symptoms (SX). The try to diagnose (DX). Only from DX can you get treatment (TX). No DX, no TX. It totally SuX, when you still have major SX.
Lar
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