‘What is it?’ That was the first question 35-year-old Milly asked when I told her she had Graves’ disease.
I wasn’t surprised she hadn’t heard of it – in my experience, even some GPs have little understanding of the condition, despite it affecting hundreds of thousands of women across the UK.
For months, Milly – not her real name – had been told her racing heart and fatigue were down to the stress of her busy job in PR.
The first GP she saw recommended therapy and long walks.
Unsurprisingly, neither helped, and her symptoms continued. Yet within minutes of her first appointment with
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