| Lisa Francesca (Chessy) Nand
Lisa Francesca Nand (known to friends and on talksport as Chessy) became a Patron of Thyroid UK in October 2006. A broadcaster and journalist, she suffered for years with an underactive thyroid gland.
At the age of 21 when at university and working as a part-time model Chessy started to get palpitations and panic attacks and went to see several GP’s who told her there was nothing wrong. Several months later she put on three stone in a handful of weeks and noticed her neck was looking swollen. By this time she realised she may have a thyroid problem but doctors still refused to take her seriously as time after time the blood tests came back normal. She was told to exercise and eat healthily but she could barely get out of bed. It took a further two years of exhaustion, depression and desperation before the blood tests eventually showed she did indeed have an underactive thyroid gland and she was prescribed thyroxine.
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Chessy, now back to a fit and healthy size 10-12, describes herself as managing reasonably well but constantly needing to monitor her energy levels. Her thyroxine dosage has needed to be increased regularly. She says it is a fight to be fit and if she can prevent anyone from going through what she did, she will.
Having had to put her presenting career on hold for a few years whilst she dealt with her health problems, Chessy now co-presents a popular talk show on the UK’s largest commercial national radio station, Talksport, and is regularly published in the national press.
Read Chessy’s full story as published in the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=404724&in_page_id=1774
Find Chessy on the radio www.talksport.net |
