On Friday June 6th it is Adrenal Insufficiency Awareness Day and The Pituitary Foundation are asking supporters to donate "Something little, for something little" as the pituitary gland that is the cause of adrenal insufficiency, is a tiny gland approximately the same size as a pea. 

We are asking you to donate a small amount - whether you can spare £1, £2 or £10 it really doesn't matter - then share via Facebook and/or Twitter to ask friends to do the same. This ripple effect on social media is the key to our campaign. Our key objective is to raise awareness of Adrenal Insufficiency.

Please share this page and if people ask the question "What does that mean?! then they can visit our website. www.pituitary.org.uk 

You can also donate by text.

Text the message AIAD82 £5 to 70070

Molly is just one patient who has been affected. She is 15 years old and has been very poorly on and off All of her life, since the age of 3 Weeks she has suffered illness every three to four weeks, this would often end up with hospital admissions for recurrent chest infections and pneumonia leaving molly seriously ill at times.

Molly now has chest physiotherapy, a pep mask and autogenic drainage therapy to prevent chest infections when she gets coughs and colds, Because of this Molly is also now allergic to the main 4 antibiotics.

Each school year molly’s attendance has only been around 75 % this has affected her education and friendships massively. Molly's hands are covered in small white scars from the many blood tests and cannula's she has had over the years, she also has some damage / scarring to her lungs and a low immune system. As well low self confidence and a fear of hospitals & needles.

Family holidays have always been short and very limited because of molly's poor health. She has missed every single Christmas party she has ever been invited to because of illness. She does not have a normal life like other teenagers of her age because she is still poorly because she has been 15 years without correct treatment and medication. The whole family has been affected also because of the constant strain and worry her debilitating health has caused.

All of this trauma and upset could have been avoided if she had been diagnosed with pituitary failure (hypopituritism) (adrenal insufficiency) when she was a baby.

Molly is now on life saving steroid replacements, thyroid medication and growth hormone injections, her body could just not get over illness and did the best it could to survive, had she been diagnosed she would probably have led a relativity normal life.

Molly has been under the care of  as many as 9 consultants and many hospitals all of her life but was only referred to endocrinology at the age of 14. She is very lucky to be here.

Please raise awareness to this by giving something small to something small, the pituitary gland is as small as a pea but as important to a human as air and water. misdiagnosis of Adrenal insufficiency are dangerous but very common, awareness and research is vital to survival of these people affected. Molly will be ok now but there are other people out there who may not be as lucky. Adrenal insufficiency can kill. 

Thank you so much.

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