HENRY KORZENIOWSKI:  

NEW BRUNSWICK, BLOOMFIELD, TOTOWA, LIVINGSTON. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is DAVE SNYDER, because HE WAS SO LOYAL to my father. He worked 12-1 and 5-6 from the early 50s to 1980 at Hank's Amoco in North Wildwood. TWO PITUITARY TUMORS FROM CUSHINGS DISEASE I WAS 6'1" IN HIGH SCHOOL AND DROPPED TO 5'4" during the summer of 2002. Severe osteoporosis from the Cushings Disease caused 9 vertebral compression fractures. That led to the 9 inch drop in my height. I HAD 8 SPINAL SURGERIES from 2009 TO 2014 TO CORRECT THE SEVERE KYPHOSCOLIOSIS CAUSED BY CUSHINGS DISEASE! The 1st ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma (benign tumor) was removed via transphenoidal (transnasal) microscopic neurosurgery on Oct 1, 2002. A 2nd tumor was discovered in July 2010. The same neurosurgeon attempted to remove it in Feb 2011 but he was unsuccessful. Normally these microadenomas sporadically form inside the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland just like my first one did. My second one was located outside the anterior lobe near the posterior lobe. My neurosurgeon did not remove the tumor because it was hidden and he could not see it with the microscopic tool. Unfortunately for me he went ahead and removed my entire anterior pituitary lobe which shut off many vital endocrine functions. I was NOT cured. I needed to have both adrenal glands removed to "cure" the Cushings Disease but that 6mm tumor is still up there and is active to this date. It's not causing me any harm but has to be monitored via a yearly pituitary MRI which I get at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. I go there because there is a very slim possibility that this benign adenoma could enlarge and turn cancerous. I have titanium rods, cages and pedicle screws starting at T4 and going all the way down to the sacrum. My 8th and final major spine surgery was d...Expand for more