Should I get a vaccine? Our nurse's guide
01/10/2016
Pneumococcal vaccine, flu vaccine, shingles vaccine... should you get a vaccine? A guide to vaccines and where to get them by our endocrine nurse.
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NHS patient safety alerting system for diabetes insipidus
08/02/2016
The NHS has implemented a safety alerting system which should help to minimise the risks for DI patients being denied their desmopressin when in hospital.
Eddie's story - hypothyroidism and head injury
15/05/2014
I had three head injuries between 1972 and 2003: an accident when I was driving a truck in 1972, a violent assault in 1985 when I had a basal skull fracture, and the third head injury in 2003.
Michael's story - pituitary tumour affected my sight
31/12/2013
Late last year I became aware that I had developed blurred vision in my left eye....
Peter's story - My Addisonian crisis
05/08/2013
Be warned, an addisonian crisis can creep up on you without you noticing!
Shirley's story - Cushing's
01/06/2013
A story of delayed diagnosis of Cushing's and the effects of the illness. The story starts some eight years before Shirley was, at last, diagnosed with Cushing’s disease; that would be 1997.
Kelly & Ian's story - Baby Isabella's non-functioning pituitary gland
29/05/2013
Young Isabella Andrews was born with a non-functioning pituitary gland. Here mum Kelly tells us her story.
Vivien's story - craniopharyngioma
13/05/2013
My first symptoms were terrible thirst; I couldn’t pass a pub without craving ice cold lime and soda in a pint glass!
Suzy's story - hypopituitarism
12/05/2013
A chance observation from a ballet teacher would start Suzy on a long and challenging journey.
