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Stories with keyword: chronic illness

You’ve Worried Enough For Today

From childhood, Stefan’s whole life is music – he composes, sings, plays multiple instruments; he’s driven to become a renowned singer and instrumentalist, and express the world of emotions through sound. He applies to NYU for music performance and production, … Continue reading →

Keywords Best of RISK!, Central Sensitization Syndrome, chronic illness, chronic pain, CSS, diagnosis, glbtqia, healing, health, instrumentalist, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, musician, mysterious, nerves, nervous system, neurology, New York, pain, queer, Radio, recovery, Rochester, singer, singing, symptoms

The Equalizer

Amy is just about to graduate from college when two things happen simultaneously: she finds her first real relationship with a beautiful, shy man named David; and she gets a mysterious illness that leaves her so tired and drained of … Continue reading →

Keywords autoimmune, boyfriend, chronic fatigue, chronic illness, diagnosis, doctors, equalizer, health, Live, Minneapolis, mystery, relationship, sickness, specialists, St. Paul, Twin Cities

Act Two

Christina has always had an assortment of mysterious health issues, but in college, she starts getting much sicker, with joints so achy she can barely move, and fatigue that makes her fall asleep in class and eventually have to drop … Continue reading →

Keywords antibiotics, autoimmune, body image, chronic illness, chronic pain, college, dancer, dropout, fatigue, gentlemen’s club, health, infusion, Live, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Minneapolis, nude, pain, recovery, strip club, stripping, topless

Straight Flush

David has had Crohn’s Disease for years, which is now manageable thanks to medication and life adjustments, but he still has to be very conscious when he goes out about knowing where a restroom is, and, sometimes, making a very … Continue reading →

Keywords basement, bathroom, cater waiter, catering, celebrities, chronic illness, Crohn’s Disesase, flush, gastrointenstinal disorder, gay, Gay storyteller, GI, glbtqia, high tech, homosexual, IBS, irritable bowel, LA, Live, poop, queer, restroom, toilet, Whoopi, Whoopi Goldberg

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