Grey’s Anatomy star Camilla Luddington assured fans that she’s focused on “self-care” following her recent Hashimoto’s disease diagnosis.
“It’s still new to me,” Luddington, 42, told People in an interview published on Saturday, October 4. “I got the diagnosis at the beginning of summer, so I’m fresh into this journey. I am on Levothyroxine, which is a thyroid medicine, and I can tell you that a lot of things have changed.”
Luddington — who plays Dr. Jo Wilson on the ABC medical drama — announced on her Grey’s Anatomy costar Jessica Capshaw’s “Call It What It Is” podcast on August 6 that she’d recently been diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder.
According to the Mayo Clinic, Hashimoto’s disease develops when “the immune system attacks healthy tissues,” which can cause “the death of the