Two days of wrist and hand pain, back pain, the all over headache. Cool cool cool. I'll see if the doc can test for vit deficiencies at next visit. I'm only two and a half months out from surgery, but MRIs and blood tests confirmed IGF-1 normal in Aug and near total resection of tumor. #acromegaly

Life is fun. New onset double vision, face and throat swelling up in mornings like allergic reaction (??) when I take allergy meds daily. More like a food allergy than seasonal allergy? The body is kinda pissed I took away the lumpy?
#acromegaly #pituitarytumor

Day of relapse into severe fatigue and pain. So it goes. Tomorrows another day #acromegaly

Distribution, severity, and management of joint pain in patients with acromegaly by Nikolaos Kyriakakis et al

EJE Volume 194, Issue 3, March 2026
👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvag045
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#endocrinology #acromegaly #arthropathy

Progression of acromegalic joint and psychological complications according to sex, treatments, and disease control by Biagio Cangiano et al

EJE Volume 194, Issue 3, March 2026
Open access 👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvag047

#endocrinology #acromegaly #depression #arthropathy #QoL

Growth hormone causes reversible fibrosis in muscle and fat: a study in patients with acromegaly by Amanda Bæk et al

EJE Volume 194, Issue 3, March 2026
👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvag032
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#endocrinology #insulin #acromegaly #growth

Perks of the EPIC rare club #acromegaly