AcroTales
AcroTales is a series of interviews with people living with Acromegaly - a rare condition caused by a benign tumour growth in the pituitary gland.If often takes 6-10 years for Acromegaly to be diagnosed and patients usually have a complicated journey to diagnosis. Acromegaly causes an excessive release of growth hormones which results in enlarged facial features, growth of hands and feet, changes in jaw and bone structures, loss of libido, visual problems and more. In each AcroTale, patient and advocate Dan Jeffries talks to acromegalics from around the world, discussing diagnosis, treatment and the effects on social and personal life.
AcroTales
Episode 20 - Thomas
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Dan Jeffries
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Season 1
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Episode 20
In Episode 20 of AcroTales we speak to Thomas from Switzerland. Thomas was diagnosed only a few months go and recently had surgery, so this is clearly very new and raw for him. He talks about the symptoms, diagnosis, his girlfriends desire to know everything about Acromegaly and how his approach was not quite the same.