How This Couple Fought Through Illness To Find A New Destiny

I am a caregiver for my partner who has become housebound and bedridden due to an incurable "invisible" disease. I too live with a serious illness, barely getting through each day, mostly housebound myself. Franky and I met, and a spell was cast; we fell madly deeply infatuated with each other, as young love often does to people. We traveled, went to social events and started dreaming of a life together. Within a couple of months, I was diagnosed with an aggressive strain of HIV. Our fast-run fairytale seemed to be cursed and destined for failure. But we persevered. My family's involvement in my life was scarce due to their struggles with me being a gay man. Luckily, Franky took the reins in helping me to fight for my life. Though we had just met, Franky cared for my body, fed me, and cleaned the sheets every day, as my night sweats and regular vomiting occurred. Every single day, Franky never gave up on me. Slowly, with the grace of God, I got better! Franky was free to start his studies in a doctoral program for education, as his lifelong passion was to become a great leader and help those who cannot easily help themselves. So now it was my turn to support him. We traveled to Oxford for Franky to finish his studies, and shortly after we returned to our home in San Francisco, Franky had a routine ear surgery. But then something went very very wrong. You see, Franky has lived the majority of his life with a little-understood chronic illness, which relapses and fluctuates ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news