I wrote this to help people with Graves Disease realise you're not alone, even though you often feel very isolated and cut off from reality. I also wanted to acknowledge the impact this disease has on our significant others, and to say to them 'We love and appreciate you so much, no matter what we do and say when our minds are lost, confused and frightened. Our words and actions and not really 'us' right now, so please bear with us, and hopefully we'll be back real soon' It's also my attempt at trying to understand what this disease is, quite frankly I have very little idea! Graves only affects 2% of our population, so ignorance from the general public is expected, but our medical staff should be a little more clued up! A few months back I was given a prescription by my GP that could have given me a heart-attack! I probably started to think about writing this book at that very moment, purely for self defence against ignorance. So let's step out of the shadows and begin to dance once again in the light...