Education of the Mind: TIL André the Giant repeatedly refused medical treatment for acromegaly - a pituitary disease with which he was afflicted that causes constant secretion of growth hormone - though it is treatable and even reversible. He said, "If this is the size that God wanted me to be, I'm going to be this size."

Friday, July 14, 2017

TIL André the Giant repeatedly refused medical treatment for acromegaly - a pituitary disease with which he was afflicted that causes constant secretion of growth hormone - though it is treatable and even reversible. He said, "If this is the size that God wanted me to be, I'm going to be this size."

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