Quote Originally Posted by vdub View Post
Shortly after the brain surgery where my pituitary was removed and they had a positive diagnosis of wegs, my sisinlaw went around telling people that she knew of someone with this same disease and "it wasn't a big deal". I was very unhappy about that.

Nearly all of us have heard people say dozens of times "but you are looking great". You just have to grin and bear it. If it gets really bad, trip-up one of your more annoying friends just for fun.
oh wow, I am so sorry you had to hear this from her. I find it even harder when it's family. but we just stay strong and stand stall