Just after giving birth to my daughter, I received the news that I had thyroid cancer. Something I had never really known much about before.

It was an incredibly overwhelming time, but the support I received from my family, friends, and the amazing team at the NHS made all the difference. I’m especially grateful to the thyroid department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital for their exceptional care and compassion throughout my journey.

Through my own experience, I learned just how vital your thyroid is and how little most of us really know about it until something goes wrong. So many people I spoke to had no idea what the thyroid actually does, or how wide-ranging the symptoms of thyroid disease can be.

That’s why I’ve decided to raise money for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) a charity that works to empower people to live better lives with thyroid conditions through education, research, and evidence-based support.

Lucy Darling