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I am diagnosed 12 years, mostly, but not entirely due to being proactive about my health.

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I used to laugh at people who talked about using ‘Dr Google’ before they went to the doctor, but these days, it's important to do it.

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My doctor said, ‘we didn’t do this in medical school.’ 

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Post-Covid, everybody knows primary care medicine is under huge pressure, and it’s been more of a battle to ensure I get venesections. Most of the original GPs have retired, so you don’t have that continuity of care. You’ve got to be very proactive. 

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Iron overload is not something that defines me. I’ve always been happy to talk about it, to expand the conversation around the issue and how prevalent it is.

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