Mary OConnor (MaryO) interviews Robin Smith (staticnrg), Part 1 - Feb 14, 2008

Listen as Mary O'Connor (MaryO) hosted an interview with Robin Smith (staticnrg).

Robin had Cushing's for over 20 years, at least. Of course, no one figured it out or even put two and two together until her new PCP whom she found in 2004 said "endocrine". She didn't figure it out, either, but at least Robin had a piece of the puzzle and she found cushings-help.com.

Robin immediately went into denial and left for several months until she got so sick she knew she had to have help. She had originally sought this PCP because she had been going to all sorts of doctors for all sorts of things trying to get help. She kept getting sicker and sicker, and it got harder and harder to do anything.

Eventually, after having a bad experience with UVA, she went to see Dr. F. We went through some rounds of testing, had our ups and downs, but he stuck with me, and she got some sky high test results. Robin had to learn when to test because she was cyclical. Oddly enough, Dr. Jho, when she had surgery, insisted she was "classical" Cushing's. Robin didn't care what you call it, she just wanted to get well.

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