Interview with Terry (Terry), April 17, 2008.

Terry (Terry), April 17, 2008.

Long time pituitary Cushing's survivor. Terry had a pituitary surgery (in LA) in October of 2003 which did not cure her Cushing's Disease. Then, Dec 13th, 2003 she had her BLA in a Wisconsin hospital.

She also had an infection in her sphenoid sinus. It originated at the site of her pituitary surgery from October 2003. She had to be on a lot of antibiotics and narcotic pain relievers.

In Sept 2005 the surgeon removed infection from one area, make another area clear to allow for better drainage, checked her bone and found one area okay but took bone for culture from another area. Terry has had an infection requiring a post-op PICC line.

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