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been tested for thyroid problems, distended left stomach, left breast pain, chest pains headaches, extreme tiredness, unbelievable fatigue blurred vision, dizziness, feeling faint, I've had camera test up and down, ultra sounds scans, CT scans, MRI scans come up with an an problem on my pituitary gland and I also have a gallstone, low vitamin d and low cortisol. They tested for diabetes insipidus which was negative and are now by means of the endocrinologist heading towards Adderson disease. Ive yet to be tested on this but gave many of the symptoms. In the last month or so I've been told not to drive, until I find out what's wrong with me, and as driving is my job, I'm now not working. Does anybody have any info on driving and Adderson disease??? The Dvla website just says you don't have to tell them to drive a car, but you do if a lorry or bus, don't know how this will affect me as driving my job? Any ideas???
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kirsten58259 Del1937
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Del1937 kirsten58259
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kirsten58259 Del1937
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barbara98940 kirsten58259
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hanny32508 Del1937
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At present I'm on Cortef and that makes that I function normal again. I take extra vitamine D as well. One thing remains a mystery - I'm all the time borderline diabetic. I have adopted careful eating habits therefore, and it doesn't seem to go any further.
barbara98940 Del1937
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kirsten58259 barbara98940
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This is all really useful and thank you for the weblink- does anyone else get really bad tummyache, so you just can't eat? or you can if you forced yorself, but feel really full quickly and generally don't want to eat?
barbara98940 kirsten58259
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Roddy999 Del1937
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Back to driving: you need to download and return the noticfication form from the DVLA right away. Not just because its the law but the sooner you get into their [very long] queue, the sooner they'll clear you . Doesn't matter that you don't have all the info yet as they'll give you a reference number that you can use to add extra info.[I waited - big mistake!] In the meantime they'll tell you that 'you may drive unless you know of any reason why not', [which you've been told you do] so you need to press your consultant to get you off the hook that your GP has put you on.
sean39332 Del1937
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Roddy999 Del1937
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The problem with a pituitary tumour is that it can disturb the optic nerves, meaning vision lproblems starting with loss of peripheral ['corner of the eye'] vision, then fuzzy vision in one or both eyes, then I suppose blindness. So if you can't see properly, you shouldn't be driving.
[The connection with Addison's is that another effect of a pituitary tumour is hat it can block the normal instructions from the pituitary to the adrenals, meaning no adrenal response when needed = an Addisonian crisis.)
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