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Love Helps Cure Rutherford Woman Of Mystery Disease
RUTHERFORD, N.J. — For 14 years, Julie Ellinger-Hunt of Rutherford felt that she was dying.
Ellinger-Hunt was living with a rare ailment called Cushing’s Disease, which causes the pituitary gland to excrete high levels of cortisol, leading to constant nausea, fatigue and muscle weakness.
But four years ago, Ellinger-Hunt fell in love with LuAnn Lanzerrotti-Jones, and the two worked together to cure Ellinger-Hunt of her disease.
Today, Ellinger-Hunt, 37, is in recovery, and she knows it wouldn’t have been possible without her partner.
“She saw me at my worst and she still stuck with me ev…