Forget you

Here it is, Friday's Cushie music video. I'd like to say that I will keep making more but I'm not sure I will still have inspiration. But I will definitely try.
In the mean time, please enjoy this one and feel free to SHARE with as many people as you want/can.
It's important to raise awareness for Cushing's whether it be through a humorous way like this or by talking about the more serious side.

Have a great Friday and weekend!

BSc, MBPsS and MSocSc.

It's been a while since I last posted and I apologise for that. I went from posting every day in April to barely posting once a month! But I've been MIA for good reason. A lot has been happening especially as my Masters has now come to an end.

This challenging but extremely rewarding year culminated in a 3 day workshop in which we were encouraged to explore our inner selves and get in touch with our strengths and weaknesses. We did several very interesting exercises which I will go into in a different post. Sufficed to say that I realised that I'm stronger than I thought and that no matter how much others try to break me down, I will still keep going. The title of this post are actually the initials I can now add after my name! They stand for Bachelor of Science, Graduate member of the British Psychological Society and Master of Social Science. I achieved all of these in the last 2 years whilst simultaneously being diagnosed with Cushing's, undergoing neurosurgery and moving 6000 miles across the globe. Not too shabby if you ask me....

I can't believe how quickly this year in HK studying has gone by. It seems like only last month I was packing up my things in London and getting all excited about being back in the city I grew up in. And now, here I am, making a blog to sell all the stuff I bought when I moved here. If any of you happen to live in HK and are interested in some cheap items check out the blog: stephstuff4sale.blogspot.com

The Cushie song

Today is Friday and I have an extra special treat for you all. I've been working on this for the last couple of days. It's my first real video project and I did everything from video to audio so please bear with me.

I also wanted to thank those of you who joined and liked our new Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/cushiesunited) and our YouTube channels.

Mine:
http://www.youtube.com/user/cushiesteph

and our CushiesUnite channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/cushiesunite

I hope that you will pass all of these links and videos on so that we can all work towards raising awareness for Cushing's.

So for now, enjoy your Friday treat! I wanted to remind people that it's essential to maintain your sense of humour even when life throws you a curve ball.

Out of sight, out of mind?

So it's been a week since my last post. Did you miss me? I promised that even thought I wouldn't blog every day I would still keep you updated so here's what's happened in the last week. (Quite a lot actually!)

The appointment on Monday went well. I met a very nice neurosurgeon who took the time to listen to me and seemed pretty knowledgeable. The bad news: the MRI was clear. You might be wondering why that's bad news, well because if the tumour isn't on my pituitary again it means it could be somewhere else which isn't exactly a very pleasant idea. I could have a tumour on my adrenal glands or anywhere else in my body.

But there is a chance of what's called a false negative which basically means that even though the MRI is clear there could still be some tumour tissue left. Even the smallest, trace amount could be enough to cause excess cortisol.

Day 30: This is not the end

This is not the end

Well here we are, day 30! I can't believe I got through this entire challenge blogging every day. I only resorted to other people's material on 4 or 5 posts. I must admit, I'm pretty proud of myself. And I'm so pleased with the response I've been getting. My blog hasn't exactly gone viral but I know that a few people have been reading it and they've given me some great feedback. Even my own parents have told me that they kept learning new things. This is a very positive sign for me and I'm so pleased I took part in this challenge.