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I went to the doctor and had a blood test but felt a bit of a fraud. I thought, I’m 43, it’s just life, I’m just getting older.

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Then the doctor rang me a few days later, and she said, ‘your iron levels are at 1400, do you have haemochromatosis in the family?’ 

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At the start it’s nearly not iron overload, it’s information overload. I didn't know there were different types of GH, or to ask about Transferrin.

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It could have been a different story for me. I’ve had my liver scanned and everything’s been fine. I burst out crying when she did the scan; I didn’t realise how emotional it had been. 

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