Amy Schumer shares Cushing syndrome diagnosis
"Everyone is struggling with something. Maybe we can all be a little kinder to each other and ourselves," Amy Schumer said. https://t.co/SouzTOInn6
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Schumer shared in the “News Not Noise” newsletter that she has exogenous Cushing syndrome, brought on by getting steroid injections in high doses. She got a diagnosis after comments from the internet about how her face looked puffy.
“There are a few types of Cushing. Some that can be fatal, require brain surgery or removal of adrenal glands. While I was doing press on camera for my Hulu show, I was also in MRI machines four hours at a time, having my veins shut down from the amount of blood drawn and thinking I may not be around to see my son grow up. So finding out I have the kind of Cushing that will just work itself out and I'm healthy was the greatest news imaginable. It has been a crazy couple weeks for me and my family. Aside from fears about my health, I also had to be on camera having the internet chime in. But thank God for that. Because that's how I realized something was wrong.”
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