This disease is progressive as the adrenal glands are slowly dying. We need cortisol replacement for life. Without treatment, this disease will lead to death
Slumping into a chair I lamented to my father, ‘I feel like my life is hanging on a thin strand that could break at any moment.’ It was late October, 1980.
How, in a matter of months, did a formerly healthy, animated ...
It took 9 months before the doctors new what was wrong with me and then i nearly died ,trying to learn to live with Addision and it is not easy i am so tired and depressed and in pain ,find it very hard to do any thing
I was 16 years old and off roading with a four wheeler motor bike. We went up a steep incline and I fell off the back of the bike and broke my fall with my head. I cracked my skull, thus leading to brain swelling and brain injuries. To cut a long sto...
My son was diagnosed with POMC before his 2nd birthday in 2010.
As far as we know he is the only one in the USA but we are looking. because I have created POMC Island I have been contacted by 3 other families.www.facebook.com/P.O.M.C.Island
The Na...
70 people with Addison Disease have taken the SF36 survey. Mean of Addison Disease is 1611 points (45 %). Total score ranges from 0 to 3,600 being 0 the worst and 3,600 the best. Take the SF36 Survey
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Mary Royer
