![]() I recognize why telling each relationship story is also exposing the stark reality of chronic illness. I mean that in the nicest way, from one woman living with chronic illness to another. And Khakpour is the ultimate fixer-upper girlfriend. Did the famous writer meet her at the ER? Was the guy who nurtured her nutritionally able to maintain his momentum in the long haul? ![]() As much as Khakpour these are romantic relationships, her writing about them centers more often on how the men interacted with her illness. But here’s what I think.Ī single young woman, battling chronic, mostly unexplained, illness has a natural need for caregivers. ![]() Sometimes it’s her parents or girlfriends. ![]() Porochista Khakpour spends much of her book, Sick: A Memoir, talking about relationships. ![]()
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