My article for the Nov 2007 PNA newsletter

This is the latest monthly article that I write each month for the Pituitary Network Association's newsletter chronicling my adventures with pituitary illness...

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2002…Could this be THE year?

   I felt a little sadness as I boarded the flight back home to San Diego. After spending Christmas with my family it was hard to leave Texas and go back to my condo, where I lived alone with no family nearby. Yet, I had an excited feeling that 2002 might just be the breakthrough year I had been waiting so long for. Of course, I always felt a sense of optimism at the beginning of each year, but there was something different this time around. This time, I had a diagnosis and a promising treatment plan. The uncertainty and doubt that hung over the numerous comeback attempts of previous years had been replaced by a newfound confidence and a profound belief that this comeback would succeed. Knowing what I knew about pituitary failure, it was obvious now why I had experienced so much frustration in the past. But now, it seemed so straightforward. According to my doctor it was simple: take your hormone medications, check the levels occasionally and before long you’ll be fully functional and back to your old self!