An Excerpt From The Way We Roll

With my illness, my body spun an alternate universe, and with time, the new reality expanded with each new symptom or twist and turn. Other complications loomed, and their intricacies were so numerous as to take my breath away. The disease created a universe of alternate senses with no cancellation option available. Soft fabrics burned my skin, while perfectly normal-looking skin itched. Blistered skin may not hurt at all. For no discernible reason, lightning pains chose to strike quickly and deep in new and unanticipated places, leaving me to wonder if I had a new problem or just another transient incident. One day, without warning, I blacked out and then promptly regained consciousness, wondering, “What just happened here?”

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