Re: Article on difficulty with Cushing's diagnosis

"Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

convicted friend Kathy Claytor (KC) said:

convicted friend 'Loretta Eisenberg said:

Susan and Jim, an interesing thing happened.

Last week I was at the moves wih a friend. She said to me that I had
the thinnest legs she had ever seen. I looked at them and they looked
thinner than they had been.

When I went to the endo, I mentioned this little incident to him and he
immediately said I should be tested for Cushings. I have no symptoms
and I dont think I have it, but I didnt realize that skinny legs were a
sign. Have you ever heard that. I have the apple body with the skinny
legs. I dont have a moon face and I am not red. I think he is just
taking precautions. but here is a thread on it.

Loretta

I have skinny limbs too, and a red face, but not a moon face. I have
only
seen a handful of women in my life with as thin of limbs as mine, but
with
upper body obesity. Those of us who become obese in my family have long
thin limbs before we become obese. I say that we are the ones who don't
grow muscle well. This sublinical hypercortisolism does always interest
me
because I fit the profile somewhat, but it sounds like it is really tough
to
get diagnosed with overt cushings, so it would probably be darn near
impossible to get diagnosed with subclinical hypercortisolism.

The L-tryptophan that I wrote about in another thread was also said to
decrease stress induced cortisol levels in animals. But as I said in the
other thread there is some controversy about the safety of L-tryptophan
since it had been banned years ago when bad batches of it were sent to
the
US from Japan and made quite a few people sick, and even killed some.

I have one thing that I can't help but wonder if it is associated with
hypercortisolism. When my thyroid function is low, I tend to have an
easier
time losing weight than when it is adjusted to normal. That seems so
backwards, but I did read that hypothyroidism reduces cortisol levels, so
I
can't help but wonder if it is related to that.

KC

Low-carb dieting causes muscle wasting...

... **both** skeletal and cardiac.

The body sacrifices muscle to make the glucose to feed the brain.

I've had thin limbs since childhood, so I doubt low carbing did it.

KC

convicted friend Kathy Claytor (KC) said:

Andrew said:

convicted friend Kathy Claytor (KC) said:

convicted friend "Loretta Eisenberg" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> Susan and Jim, an interesing thing happened.
>
> Last week I was at the moves wih a friend. She said to me that I had
> the thinnest legs she had ever seen. I looked at them and they looked
> thinner than they had been.
>
> When I went to the endo, I mentioned this little incident to him and he
> immediately said I should be tested for Cushings. I have no symptoms
> and I dont think I have it, but I didnt realize that skinny legs were a
> sign. Have you ever heard that. I have the apple body with the skinny
> legs. I dont have a moon face and I am not red. I think he is just
> taking precautions. but here is a thread on it.
>
> Loretta
>

I have skinny limbs too, and a red face, but not a moon face. I have
only
seen a handful of women in my life with as thin of limbs as mine, but
with
upper body obesity. Those of us who become obese in my family have long
thin limbs before we become obese. I say that we are the ones who don't
grow muscle well. This sublinical hypercortisolism does always interest
me
because I fit the profile somewhat, but it sounds like it is really tough
to
get diagnosed with overt cushings, so it would probably be darn near
impossible to get diagnosed with subclinical hypercortisolism.

The L-tryptophan that I wrote about in another thread was also said to
decrease stress induced cortisol levels in animals. But as I said in the
other thread there is some controversy about the safety of L-tryptophan
since it had been banned years ago when bad batches of it were sent to
the
US from Japan and made quite a few people sick, and even killed some.

I have one thing that I can't help but wonder if it is associated with
hypercortisolism. When my thyroid function is low, I tend to have an
easier
time losing weight than when it is adjusted to normal. That seems so
backwards, but I did read that hypothyroidism reduces cortisol levels, so
I
can't help but wonder if it is related to that.

KC

Low-carb dieting causes muscle wasting...

... **both** skeletal and cardiac.

The body sacrifices muscle to make the glucose to feed the brain.

I've had thin limbs since childhood, so I doubt low carbing did it.

Indeed, had you been low-carb dieting since childhood, we would not be
having this written discourse.

Be hungry... be healthy... be blessed:

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Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love,

Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist