This CEO was bedridden 16 hours a day. She turned her own misdiagnosis into a self-funded, multimillion-dollar thyroid clinic
McCall McPherson was 27, practicing medicine, and on the drug nearly 90% of thyroid patients in the U.S. rely on, when she found herself spending 16 hours a day in bed.
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McCall McPherson was 27, practicing medicine, and on the drug nearly 90% of thyroid patients in the U.S. rely on, when she found herself spending 16 hours a day in bed. She’d go to work as a physician assistant, come home at 3:30 p.m., and lie flat on her back through the evening. She’d gained weight, was losing hair, felt depressed, and couldn’t think clearly.
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- McCall McPherson was 27, practicing medicine, and on the drug nearly 90% of thyroid patients in the U.S. rely on, when she found herself spending 16 hours a day in bed.
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This CEO was bedridden 16 hours a day. She turned her own misdiagnosis into a self-funded, multimillion-dollar thyroid clinic
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