Acromegaly (from Greek akros "high" and megas "large" - extremities enlargement) is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess gr...
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Thought it would be interstting to list a few celebs that have acromegaly. just to show us that we can go far in life with acromegaly. ive listed a few but if you know more add them.
Kevyn Aucoin was a make-up artist and photographer for the celebs. andre(the giant)René Roussimoff was wwf wrestler. was 7ft Richard Kiel height star of bond movies (known as jaws) was 7 ft2 ted cassidy played lurch in the adams family films. Paul Wight (another wrestler) Rondo Hatton (an actor whose face was disfigured by the disease, and who often played criminals and thugs). tony robbins a motivation guru Posted on 04/17/08, 09:04 am |
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wow thats brilliant pete!! my other half will be so jealous of you meeting a wrestler!! he tries to watch as much as he can he loves it.when i found out i had acro he told me staright away that there was andre the giant from wrestling that had it. 
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Pete you have a special gift for being inspirational and Flouncy you came up with an interesting topic and Swampy you made me learn a great deal yesterday. Whenever I feel a pity party coming on I'll go back and rewatch a video about Yao Defen and the absolute hell she's been through. I'm belly-aching about waiting months for my surgery. She had to wait more than 13 years for her first one! Sandy Allen is almost a neighbor - in a neighboring state anyway & I learned that the tallest officially recorded man died in Michigan at the tender age of 22. There is a song about him and one about Sandy Allen, too.
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I´m a member of Facebook and there we also got a great supportgroup for us having acromegaly.
Thought this might help too. On this web site they list at least 71 symptoms of acromegaly. www.wrongdiagnosis.com and …
Has any one been treated by a neuroendocrinologist as opposed to an endocrinologist? Would it be worthwhile to seek a …
