How two women overcame rare thyroid disease: 'I thought it was stress then I learned I had hypothyroidism'

When 29-year-old Joan Amimo got a new job in Nanyuki, she had to relocate from Nairobi. After some time in her new workplace, Amimo started experiencing extreme fatigue, memory lapses and brain fog.

“I had extreme mood swings and was avoiding people since I was getting irritated quite often. I would also struggle to wake up and go to work and would call in to report late on several occasions.”