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Kirsty Young: I felt hollowed out by chronic pain

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BBC presenter Kirsty Young presented Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs for 12 years, before stepping down to receive treatment for fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. Speaking to Today’s Emma Barnett, Kirsty Young says her chronic pain made her feel “incapable” and that she “lost her sense of self”. Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday; and 7-9am on Saturdays.

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