After the fourth visit to her GP in just a matter of months – and this time prescribed antibiotics for a suspected chest infection – Julia Ferris hoped she would start to feel better. But her symptoms continued to get worse.
‘I was constantly tired, felt dizzy and there were occasions where I needed to stop and catch my breath when walking,’ says Julia, 57, a retired nurse practitioner in mental health.
She didn’t think much of it at first because it ‘didn’t stop me working’. ‘But by the end of the day, I was shattered. There was just enough energy to
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