Personal experiences & life stories

Compiled by:  Nick Willson  Thursday, 29 May 2008

A number of Addisonian's have amazing life stories and fascinating experiences to share about their life with Addison's.  Here we get to read a few of them.

I thought I was going mad

How a hyperthyroid condition complicates an eventual diagnosis of Addison's disease, teaching us we may not all be text book cases.

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Me and my hard-working bones

I have always been a busy person.  I was working as a pub landlady when my Addison’s was diagnosed in 1981, not to mention bringing up my three children, then aged 6, 10 and 11. 

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My Addison’s story

I am now 64 and will soon collect my pension – at last, riches beyond my wildest dreams! The Addison’s was diagnosed in 1960, when I was 20, so I have lived with it for more than 40 years now.

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My Lazaretta Day

I’m now a just-turning-50 year old woman. I was diagnosed as hypothyroid in November 2001 and then with Addison’s just a few months later in early February 2002.  This was after about twelve months of increasing illness – and for six months of that time, I was very sick indeed.

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Julie's Story

It is now twelve years since my first endocrine condition – hypothyroidism – was identified, and five years since my diagnosis with Addison’s disease.  Over those five years, I have experienced other health complications and at times have had to struggle to deal with the events life has thrown at me. Read more… 

A diagnosis of Addison's: my daughter's story

How a 14 year old girl came to be diagnosed with Addison's, diabetes and a thyroid condition.  Read more…

Deana Kenward's Story

Read Deana's account of  being diagnosed with Addison's disease and subsequently setting-up the ADSHG, as published in a new medical book on endocrinology by Professors G Michael Besser and Michael O. Thorner.

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