She’d lost a lot of weight and had trouble swallowing. Was she dying?
by Sandra G. Boodman March 17 at 8:00 AM Email the author
Jill Sherrill stepped on the scale at her gym and blanched. Her weight had slipped, again. In the previous 10 months, Sherrill, who is 5-foot-5, had lost 22 pounds without trying.
Her friends had urged her to consult her doctor about worsening digestive problems, but for a variety of reasons Sherrill had opted to treat herself.
But on that day in August 2015, the reading — 112 pounds — “scared me to death. I thought, ‘Oh, my God, I’m dying,’ †she recalled.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/shed-lost-a-lot-of-weight-and-had-trouble-swallowing-was-she-dying/2018/03/16/e2dbf3f6-044f-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.84aafc048653
