A DNA TEST SAVED MY LIFE
Clutching my aching stomach, I sat next to my husband Paul in the living room. ‘I’m not feeling great again,’ I told him, grimacing through the pain.
It was July 2021, and I’d been having stomach problems on and off for years. ‘Maybe it’s a food intolerance,’ Paul, then 41, said, suggesting I try allergy testing to get to the bottom of it.
That night, after cooking dinner for Paul, our daughter Grace, then two, and my son from a previous relationship, Noah, then 16, I browsed online for tests. I scrolled through dozens of finger-prick tests, blood tests, patch tests and elimination diets. They all promised to diagnose problems
