What is Acromegaly
Acromegaly (from Greek akros "high" and megas "large" - extremities enlargement) is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (hGH). ...
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Acromegaly (from Greek akros "high" and megas "large" - extremities enlargement) is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (hGH). ...

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Body Image Issue (Acro and Eating Disorder)
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I used to have anorexia and bulimia, and I overcame the disorder.
I started having the symptoms of eating disorders when I was 15 (160cm and 34kg-ish), and the behavioral part disappeared when I was around 21. Now, I'm 26, 170cm, 51-52kg. When I was 24, I was diagnosed with "acromegaly." Now, I can't find my size (especially the top and shoes) in my country, and I feel so inadequate. I know I'm not fat, but I'm big. I recently started working and I'm under a lot of stress while I need to deal with acromegaly treatment and my body image. Also, I'm prediabetic (thanks to acro), so I'm instructed to be careful with the weight gain. Having to deal with these factors, I started maladaptive eating habits again... (sob) I was just diagnosed with an eating disorder by my psychiatrist. He told me to maintain at least 50kg. I don't feel like I can fight eating disorder all over again, especially along with acromegaly. I feel like I'm such a loser (tear) Anybody here can relate or have some advice? Posted on 08/16/09, 03:08 pm |
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Hi weve not really come across each other so heres a hi from me.People go through things and you hear them and they find it hard to cope like a customer who had a breakdown over one door to her kitchen being delivered the wrong size.There I am keeping it calm when inside you want to scream you should try what I have to deal with and then you will really have a breakdown lol.You are dealing with so much here theres one piece of advice I got from my doctor whose a God LOL.I sat in front of him my life I had one thing after another feeling like shite said shite sorry LOL but I did.I was going on and he told me to shut up he said dont give me your list your going to loose your coping skills you will be overwhelmed and then you will be in a worse state than me.He was right its too much you are dealing with so youve got to take one thing at a time before you go to sleep say Doughboys mums saying tommorrow is another day dont sleep worrying it does help.You got yourself through a very big thing when you was younger you can do it again so get that loser idea from your head I have such admiration of someone who can do what you did.Acromonster has a way of wanting us to feel down and feel this way but you have to kick ass and for that you are not alone in the fight of ass one.All I can say is keep going girl least youve noticed what you are doing normally Acro likes to blind people to what they are doing but you can see the warning signals.You need some strong good support and One big hug keep going forward JJx
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