Interview with Monica (Monicaroni). May 1, 2008

Listen as Monica (Monicaroni) talks about the challenges she's faced maintaining her music career as a professional violinist while in testing and treatment.

Monica was diagnosed with Cyclical Cushing's. She had pituitary surgery in November 2006. An 8mm encapsulated pituitary tumor was removed.

Since there was no post-op crash, she also had a BLA in December 2006. Both surgeries were in Seattle. She is now free of Cushing's and am on the road to recovery!

From Monica's bio

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