Taryn Elder was living what she calls her ‘dream life’, working in tourism marketing on the Gold Coast, exercising and enjoying Queensland‘s outdoors, when persistent health niggles quietly escalated.
At 39, Taryn attributed her exhaustion to long commutes, hard work in a contract role and the busyness of life.
Recurring sinus infections were dismissed as viral, leg aches blamed on walking and night sweats on poor air conditioning.
Even as fatigue deepened – leaving her collapsing into hours of sleep after exercise – she rationalised her symptoms, convinced she simply needed rest.
‘I was a healthy 39-year-old living my best life. Then my life
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