iOS - Android Heather, from Carfin, was 21 when she began to feel unwell. She told Lanarkshire Live : “In December 1991 I began to feel really tired all the time. "I had no energy and I could sleep 24 hours a day.
My legs and tummy were beginning to swell up.“By the beginning of June, I couldn’t cope with daily life as I was becoming increasingly unwell.
I began to feel really sick and my skin and the whites of my eyes were turning yellow.“My mum phoned the GP, who made a house call.
When he came in he said he needed to phone an ambulance which took me to Law Hospital.“Luckily for me Dr Crofton was on duty that day.
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