Oct. 17, 2024
Oct. 17, 2024
The year before she turned 40, two big things happened to Toronto’s Diane Hatch: she was promoted to a leadership role at a big Canadian bank, and her body began to revolt.
She couldn’t sleep more than a few hours at a time. One strange symptom after another arrived: a burning tongue. Memory problems. Heart palpitations. Weight gain. The worst were what she called her “nuclear reactions” — heat bursts so intense that rivulets of sweat ran down her legs while she was giving presentations at work.
Christina Frangou is a Calgary-based journalist who specializesin writing about health and social issues.
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