On Aug 13, 9:59=A0pm, "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Charlene" <charlene.vick...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Aug 13, 4:35 pm, RadioactiveSeat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Poster "Dave", directly above, is exactly correct.
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> >> Actually, while following the late Ms. Allen's story over the years,
I
> >> wish the coverage had more emphasized her being the victim of a
> >> (nearly) life-long illness, rather than always focussing on that
> >> condition's most conspicuous consequence (i.e., her record-setting
> >> tallness).
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> >> I mean, it was nothing larger than a pituitary tumor which caused her
> >> profound plight, which to her everlasting credit she seemed to deal
> >> with remarkable poise and dignity.
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> >> While anatomy has never been my strong suit, is it not true that the
> >> pituitary gland is about the side of a pod's pea? =A0And if that's
the
> >> case, the tumor (assuming it was of her pituitary, rather than merely
> >> adjacent to it) was likely tiny, yet with virtual life-ruining
> >> capacity.
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> > You're right about the size of the pituitary, but a pituitary adenoma
> > is often not caught until it's much bigger than the gland itself. This
> > was even more true back when Ms. Allen was diagnosed.
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> A late friend of mine (whom some of you might recognize) had the same
> predisposing condition, pituitary adenoma, which caused his acromegaly.
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> was said that he knew about the pituitary adenoma early in his life but
> didn't want it treated. =A0He made the most of his condition and knew he
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> die pretty young.
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> Just by coincidence, I had been thinking of him recently and put him as
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> profile pic on a couple webpages (I'm the short one in the photo):
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> (from the way-back
machine)http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/nilita=
2004/iluvandre.jpg
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duly noted--you hung out with interesting people, didn'tcha?
JML
taller than you but not as tall as your friend
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