Hello Readers,

I thought long and hard about writing about this, especially as I’ve said I’m taking a break from all the Chronic Illness related articles this year. But I cannot ignore the fact that I began this blog to share my experience of long term illness and when I first started blogging, all those many years ago, I actually wrote about the beginnings of this health condition. So, I feel it’s only right to acknowledge this moving forward and have some measure of closure around it.

But before I dive into the diagnosis, I feel I should give a little bit of background…