I have Esther's illness
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Orphan
Megagug — 10 years ago(October 30, 2015 06:30 PM)
I don't mean a psychopath part, obviously. I mean the hypopituitarism. Although I take shots in my thighs for it every night which helps me grow. It's a rare disease but I'm glad a movie is finally going into it.
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Megagug — 10 years ago(October 31, 2015 02:50 PM)
It doesn't have too much of an effect on my daily life. Other than the injections in my thighs, I also have to take Cortizone (corteff) pills three times a day. If I don't take the pills, I could potentially die.
Although, I will say that the movie did tone it down a little. If Esther never took the injections, she would actually never grow beyond the size of an infant. -
ericachristine — 9 years ago(October 07, 2016 07:35 PM)
She isn't feeling sorry for herself you ignorant ninny! She simply stated the facts of living with that disability. People like you need to have a karmic accident to turn your life upside down so your egotistical intolerance can be taken down a few pegs.
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StephieVee — 9 years ago(May 14, 2016 08:27 PM)
When talking and trying to figure out the movie with my family, before it was given away on screen, I had guessed dwarfism. I actually wasn't aware that there is a form of the condition that would make a thirty-three year old woman look 9 yr old! Sometimes movies often exaggerate a condition. I wonder how rare it is?
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Maniac_In_Black — 9 years ago(July 23, 2016 03:15 PM)
I think it is pretty rare I would think.. I saw something on TV once about a baby that's was like 30 something she still was the size of a baby and never learnedly to talk I don't think. You could probably find it if you look it up.
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whitespirit26 — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 10:43 AM)
Ohh yeah, I know her! She's made great educational books and YA anthologies (which I began collecting like mad in the past couple of years). This is her Amazon page:
https://www.amazon.com/Ann Angel/e/B001HOTZFO/ref=la_B001HOTZFO_pg_1?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB001HOTZFO&sort=author-pages-popularity-rank&ie=UTF8&qid=1483294282