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Personal Story Aileen StonehamI am a 48yr old lady who lives with MPA & other ailments. First symptoms started with headache, nausea, a sore mouth, excess saliva & loss of taste, tingling & burning in my fingers & feet, brain fog & poor concentration, menstrual...

Personal Story Jeannie MackenzieIt’s tough to get a diagnosis of pernicious anaemia, but it’s tougher still to get it too late. My story starts with my Mum. In her late sixties, something started to go wrong. She had depression, paranoia, and mild psychosis. There...

Personal StoryCarole BrownI remember being in my early 50’s (I’m now 64) and thinking ‘is this what being over 50 means?’ as I struggled to walk, carry things, keep awake – you’ll know the feeling well. This went on for 6 months before I ended up at the doctors having...

Personal StoryDr John WarrenI’m a doctor, now 79 years old. There is no family history of pernicious anaemia. My sister and maternal grandfather both had type 1 diabetes, adult onset, a condition which nowadays is considered to have an autoimmune basis. In my 30’s I...