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 1 - Lauren
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Dan Jeffries
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Episode 1
In the first AcroTale, Lauren from Kent, UK talks about being diagnosed with Acromegaly in her early twenties, the battle for a successful diagnosis and how this unusually large pituitary tumour impacted her life - without dampening her spirit.