kikomanDorky (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

please,someone help me. i know im suffering from this disease. msg me for any advise or any cure. i have been a sufferer for quite a long time now and i excersize 5 hours a day for the past 5 years yet when i eat normally in a healthy diet, i gain back more weight than what i have lost and end up with again,a fat face. i notice eatng protien and carbs cuases my massive weight gain [mostly on my face] i am 19 and i hope someone can help me on this...

greatsea (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"Obesity can occur no matter how much you eat and work out". What?! That is about as scientific as the earth was made 6000 years ago. It's impossible for the body to store more calories than it burns and gland problem or not there is a minimum number of calories the body burns over a given time. I challenge anyone to point to me an example of someone on a 2200 cal/day diet who exercises regularly that is obese. I will send you money in the mail if you can submit scientific evidence of this.

drnigelchanning (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Being a boy who had Cushing's was rare enough, but having it 3 times makes it even more so. I believe that diseases like this are deathly serious but also 1 in a 100,000. So if someone suspects an endocrinological disorder of any sort get it checked out. Back in '95 no endocrinologist in my area had even seen a case of Cushing's. Thanks to the internet, I trust most are informed today.

drnigelchanning (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I had Cushing's when I was 5 years old. I gained enormous amounts of weight in 6 months, and to this day I remember the pain of being made fun of and ganged up on. I had Cushing's again when I was 12 and it stunted my growth. And this past summer I had a third surgery for the resurgence of the pituitary tumor. Surgery wasn't enough so I had stereotactic radiation at Stanford University.

drnigelchanning (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hah is this comment thread about Cushing's disease or a barrage of petty comments on the ethics of obesity in America?

maberry21 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I understand that a lot of things are caused by other factors but I truely believe the chemicals in almost all foods have serious affects on people. It just depends on the person as well. At any rate, I wish you the best

ajlover99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I stopped drinking soda for 8 months and gained 25 pounds just drinking water... I hate when people say u have to eat healthy...cause when u do it doesn't work

Justpassingthu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thats right and that episode saved my life.

Justpassingthu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I really wish my Cushings had been just simple overeating or eating the wrong things. I wish that I developed a tumor in my pituitary that sent my hormones crazy. I wish that it had been simple hypotyroidism. I tried everything. When it was finally diagnosed I knew that I simply was not a failure.

jdk209 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

There is obesity because there is a low fiber and higher simple sugar diet. Soda is probably the easiest way to gain allot of weight because you can get allot calories easily and not feel full.