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- Here is an interesting article about your carbohydrate intake (sugar, white breads, pasta), IGF-1 levels, and a cancer connection. It also shows how certain supplements can help protect your body from the ill effects of higher IGF-1 levels....
- Here is another article from Life Extension talking about the effects carbohydrates (white starches and sugar) have on IGF-1 levels and what nutrients you can take to help lower lower or control your insulin...
- Anyone attending the Acromegaly conference in Santa Monica on this Saturday?
- Interesting article/study about how carbohydrates raise IGF-1 levels and potential for cancerhttp://www.lef.org/Magazine/2014/10/Carbohydrates-Sharply-Increase-Breast-Cancer-Risk/Page-01?utm_campaign=normal&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
- Hi everyone, I wondering who out there besides myself has either a tumor that's too small detect on a standard MRI or possibly an etopic one? I know there are a couple of you out there. Second part of the question what testing has been done to...
- Hi everyone. I'm writing because I'm concerned about my tumor growing. Since being diagnosed two years ago, I've only have had one MRI through my HMO. They were unable to see it, but know it is coming from my pituitary. I currently am being treated...
- Hi. I wondering for those of you out there being treated with meds have any of you noticed that your immune system seems suppressed? Ever since starting sandostatin and cabergoline I get sick all the time. Just in the past 7 months I've have had...
- Hi. I was wondering if any of you have endometriosis? I'm asking because I was diagnosed within months of the two and have always thought there was a correlation. Now I found an article discussing a study that states that may be...
- Hi. I'm wondering how many of you have been diagnosed with cancer or tumors since learning you have endometriosis? If yes, did your doctor make a correlation between the two? I'm asking this because I was diagnosed and treated for endometriosis...
- I was wondering if anyone has used both sandostatin and tamoxifen (breast cancer drug) to treat acromegaly? It has been shown effective in lowering Igf-1 and GH levels in women. Thought it may be an option for those of us who the standard treatment...
- Since reading the article I posted, I was wondering how many of you have been given pegvisomant? The article states that it is very expensive. As one of the few acromegaly patients who can not have surgery, I can only hope for biochemical control....
- Hi everyone, Even though this article is a couple of years old (2011), I found it very informative for not only myself, but for my loved ones who do not understand the disease. Plus it is written by a fellow Acromegaly patient. Much...
- I was wondering if everyone with our disease is working? Some days I find it a struggle to get up from my bed when my disease is bad. Are any of you unable to work because of it? Thanks
- Hi everyone... I was wondering how many of you suffer fromRestless leg syndrome at night. When my disease first began and now periodically I will wake from sleep with either complete numbness in my hands and arms (must move them cause it is so...
- Hi Everyone. I've been on 30 mg of Sandostatin for about a year. I've experienced some uncomfortable symptoms such as diarrhea, stomach pain, bloating, and occainsional vomiting. Lately though I've been havingT a lot of hair loss. I used to have...