“I’d been feeling very tired, but I was training for a half Ironman and marathon, so I presumed it was just related to training.However, there were times I couldn’t even make it up the stairs in my house.I had a routine check with my doctor and blood tests revealed severe iron-deficiency anaemia.
“My periods had always been heavy, but they were becoming a real problem. I had to change every 30 minutes to an hour, had accidents and passed huge clots. It was really impacting all parts of my life for a week each month, and was the root cause of my anaemia.