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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 285595" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Star, it's heading for midnight here or I'd write a longer reply. I NEED to get some sleep. However, this is something I have a little understanding of.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime (while I sleep) do some online searching on pituitary function and endocrinology. The way the pituitary works can be complex, the hormones sort of interconnect. Testosteroone seems to be a marker for a lot of interesting pituitary function. The pituitary has been described as the hormonal egulator of the body, it is a walnut-sized gland that nestles in the intersection of a line between your eyes and between your ears, rught underneath the brain (as if slung in a hammock). Right above it is the hypothalamus, which itself regulates the pituitary. All hormones manufactured in the body also feed back to the pituitary and the hypothalamus, to tell it whether or not the rest of the body is functioning. So any disorder at such a basic level can have wide-reaching effects on a number of endocrine levels.</p><p></p><p>But like a lot of hormonal problems, finding out about it means you can then identify WHAT is wrong and then bwgin to do something about it. The diabetes Type II thing - it's the next-easiest to identify and also if present, benefits from fastest intervention. Another thing to check out will be cortisol levels.</p><p></p><p>I'll have to sleep on it for more, but that should keep you going.</p><p></p><p>Don't panic. husband has been living with a disordered pituitary for years now and still doesn't have Type II diabetes. But yes, it could explain the difficulty in losing weight. However, it can be done, even with a problem pituitary.</p><p></p><p>Talk later. Chin up! (or should I say, chins up? I stole the line from "The Mirror Crack'd", Agatha Christie movie with Kim Novak delivering that line to Elizabeth taylor, I think it was).</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 285595, member: 1991"] Star, it's heading for midnight here or I'd write a longer reply. I NEED to get some sleep. However, this is something I have a little understanding of. In the meantime (while I sleep) do some online searching on pituitary function and endocrinology. The way the pituitary works can be complex, the hormones sort of interconnect. Testosteroone seems to be a marker for a lot of interesting pituitary function. The pituitary has been described as the hormonal egulator of the body, it is a walnut-sized gland that nestles in the intersection of a line between your eyes and between your ears, rught underneath the brain (as if slung in a hammock). Right above it is the hypothalamus, which itself regulates the pituitary. All hormones manufactured in the body also feed back to the pituitary and the hypothalamus, to tell it whether or not the rest of the body is functioning. So any disorder at such a basic level can have wide-reaching effects on a number of endocrine levels. But like a lot of hormonal problems, finding out about it means you can then identify WHAT is wrong and then bwgin to do something about it. The diabetes Type II thing - it's the next-easiest to identify and also if present, benefits from fastest intervention. Another thing to check out will be cortisol levels. I'll have to sleep on it for more, but that should keep you going. Don't panic. husband has been living with a disordered pituitary for years now and still doesn't have Type II diabetes. But yes, it could explain the difficulty in losing weight. However, it can be done, even with a problem pituitary. Talk later. Chin up! (or should I say, chins up? I stole the line from "The Mirror Crack'd", Agatha Christie movie with Kim Novak delivering that line to Elizabeth taylor, I think it was). Marg [/QUOTE]
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