Read the full article by Eve Zuckoff (WBUR News)
“At 58, Jane Walsh has called Hyannis home for much of her adult life. She moved to the community at 19, made friends, joined boards, raised a daughter who’s now 17, and opened a funky gift shop on Main Street.
But in recent years, she’s felt besieged by a range of unexpected health issues.
Walsh developed high cholesterol, ‘which was never a problem for me, and nor is it in my family.’ She also was diagnosed with thyroid disease (‘I actually had a cat that had it as well’). And most recently she was hospitalized with pancreatitis, though she says she eats well, doesn’t drink alcohol, and doesn’t take any medication associated with pancreatic problems.
‘And the doctors were like, ‘We don’t know why you had it.’ So yeah, I’m definitely concerned for my health,’ she said. ‘I’m a single mom, and, you know, I can’t let anything happen to me.'” …