The Hypochondriac's Guide to Future Ailments: Cushing's Syndrome

In the spirit of the dark paranoid days of winter, I am going to start a new series called Diseases it is Possible I Might One Day Suffer From (if I Don't Already).

This week's disease is Cushing's Syndrome.

I think it is likely I will one day get this disease because after reading the symptoms I suspect my paternal grandmother likely has it, albeit undiagnosed.

Cushing's Syndrome is complicated. Signs of Cushing's include central obesity, thinning stretched skin, big boobs and "psychological disturbances, ranging from euphoria to psychosis."

I have a natural predilection for weight gain and unmotivated episodes of rage, but my boobs are more tennis than tether balls. With this in mind, I give myself a 50:50 chance of contracting Cushing's.