“When I look back now, I’d been living with autoimmune-like symptoms, things like hives and joint pain, since my late 20s, but it wasn’t until 2019 when I was actually diagnosed with something specific.
“It was around Easter time and I was sitting having dinner one night when all of a sudden a huge gland, the size of a golf ball, just popped out in my neck. I’d also been experiencing problems with my saliva production
