This week's post is just a listing of famous Addisonians and links to more in depth stories about them.
I hope that it's inspirational to you that there are Addisonian's who have accomplished so much despite managing their disease. If a person with Addison's Disease can be president of the United States, WE CAN DO ANYTHING!!
Famous Addisonians (copied from Wikipedia)
- President John F. Kennedy was one of the best-known Addison's disease sufferers.
- Popular singer Helen Reddy.[9]
- Scientist Eugene Merle Shoemaker Co-discoverer of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.[10]
- French Carmelite nun and religious writer Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity [11]
- Some have suggested that Jane Austen was an avant la lettre case, but others have disputed this.[12]
- According to Dr. Carl Abbott, a Canadian medical researcher, Charles Dickens may also have been afflicted.[13]
- Osama bin-Laden - may be an Addisonian: Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower, 2006, p. 139) notes that bin-Laden manifests all the key symptoms: "low blood pressure, weight loss, muscle fatigue, stomach irritability, sharp back pains, dehydration, and an abnormal craving for salt". Bin-Laden is known to have been consuming large amounts of the drug Arcalion to treat his symptoms.
- Hubert Doggart, a cricketer and schoolmaster may have Addison's disease but there is not much information to back this up. (This Addisonian was NOT mentioned in Wikipedia.)
- It's rumored that Paula Abdul also has adrenal insufficiency. Hear Paula's youtube.com confession. The talk about Addison's Disease starts at 2:45 into the clip.
3 comments:
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Hi Dusty,
Good info and pictures. You live in such a beautiful place. I would be strapping on the X-country skis, I love doing that but can only ski a few days a year when we take a trip to the mountains. Actually I am going to Mammoth this weekend to do some skiing. I just ran a half marathon (same one as last year) and did it in 1:38 which I was really happy with. I wasn't sure how much HC to take but decided 7.5 mg before the race and felt good the whole race but my legs started to tie up near the end. I am thinking about doing either a full marathon or a double century later this year, haven't decided which one yet.
Joel
Hey Joel!
Come visit, we've got lots of XC track around here.
Awesome job on half. You're faaaaassstttt!
I've got some marathon hc protocols that I'd be happy to share with you, you can practice on your long runs and tweak to make it work for you.
:) Dusty
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