FORMER Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young has opened up about her painful health condition in an unprecedented candid interview. Kirsty, 55, chose to share details of her chronic pain condition fibromyalgia despite admitting she’s pretty “uncomfortable” talking about her health. The Scottish radio star is best known for helming BBC Radio 4 ’s Desert Island Discs along with fronting coverage of the BBC’s Platinum Jubilee.
However, the pain she experiences as a result of fibromyalgia forced her step away from the airwaves in 2018. Kirsty was diagnosed with the chronic condition that year, but believes she was suffering with it for a long time before she finally got a diagnosis. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, she spoke about the pain she was experiencing in the lead up to her diagnosis.
“I wasn’t managing,” Kirsty said. “I had it for probably about a year to a year and a half, increasing, it increased over time and the migraines became more, the pain became more, the fatigue became more, so it kind of increased over time before I successfully managed (to get medical advice).” READ MORE ON KIRSTY YOUNG But when Kirsty first asked a doctor if she might have fibromyalgia , they scoffed in her face.
She recalled them “memorably” dismissed her concerns and telling her it wasn’t a real condition. “I said ‘I’ve read about this thing called fibromyalgia. Could it be fibromyalgia?’ They actually did snort.
.. She snorted.
.. I said ‘Is that .