Crushing Cushing’s
— Catarina Louro-Matos

Note: I wrote two previous Cushing’s letters to patients awaiting diagnosis and those who have received surgery. You can read them here. Dear Cushing’s Survivor Veteran, How have the past years been treating you? I hope…

Note: I wrote a letter to Cushing’s patients last week. If you’re currently awaiting treatment, click here to read it. I also will write a letter soon for those a couple of years or more into remission.

Note to readers: I will be writing a few of these, so please don’t feel as though your portion of the journey isn’t acknowledged 🙂 Dear Fellow Cushing’s Patients: You’re currently struggling, and struggling probably doesn’t even…

Hey, everyone! If you’re anything like I was post-operation, you are probably eager to get back on your feet. Unfortunately, you may need to be patient with yourself. Patience is a common theme in many of my…

  Hey everyone! This week, I want to get onto the topic of online support pages and medical resources for Cushing’s. A lot of people turn to support pages for full-on medical advice — and let’s be real…

Welcome to a new end of the week, everyone! Today I’m discussing a huge, tricky topic: weight. I think weight is the most popular topic in the Cushing’s community because it’s one of the most visual symptoms of the disease.

Hey, everyone! Another week has come and gone and it’s either been a good week, a bad week, or a subpar week in which things went decently or they didn’t. Hopefully, your week went well for the most part.

Hey, everyone! Last week, I discussed a general way of putting yourself first when you have Cushing’s and it feels like everything is spiraling out of control. I left a bit of a cliffhanger (if you want to…

Reading that title probably gave a lot of you instant feelings of guilt and anxiety. Trust me, I absolutely understand. After spending the last two years getting to know hundreds of Cushing’s patients through my Crush Cushing’s Facebook…

Impending doom. Shortness of breath. Pale skin and shakes. Body shivers. Teeth chattering. Those are just a few of the many symptoms of a panic attack. Anxiety and panic attacks are shockingly common for many people who have…

Hey, everyone! I’ve never been someone who goes to the hospital just because I’m not feeling well, but given the circumstances of my health the past few years, I decided to go last Sunday. Long story short, last month…

Having Cushing’s is a major scare and an even bigger adjustment to life. No matter how much you want to do things you used to do, you keep finding that the reality is you can’t — you have to…