My Body Feels Like It’s On Fire | BORN DIFFERENT

SUBSCRIBE to Truly: http://bit.ly/Oc61Hj VIRAL podcast host and content creator Alex lives with "debilitating pain" every day - and, at its worst, it can be so painful that it feels like her "body is on fire." Having been diagnosed with six chronic illnesses - all of them incurable - Alex has to carefully manage a host of symptoms every day, from the moment she wakes up. The rarest of her conditions, polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), causes her blood vessels to become inflamed, which can do untold damage to other organs in the body if left unchecked. Although the condition was caught early, it had already damaged Alex's nerves, leading her to develop complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), an often "unbearable" pain condition that affects her life every day without fail. Alex told Truly: "On really bad weeks, I'm crying when I wake up. It feels like there's fire ants crawling up my legs biting me, [or like] I have my hand over a hot flame, or touching a cast iron that's on. It's debilitating." When the agony is too much, a trip to the ER is unavoidable - but Alex pulls out all the stops to avoid that where she can. Gritting her teeth and fighting through the pain inevitably causes Alex to experience fatigue, so she leans on husband Cooper, who is nothing but supportive and "unlocks life" for her. When Alex has a bad day, Cooper goes into "full caregiver mode" and takes on all the daily living tasks required to enable Alex to push through her flare ups, as well as calling in help if things escalate. And when Truly went to film with the couple, it wasn't long before Cooper had to make that call. With Alex's chief surgeon dad Mark tuning in via video call and home nurse Julie rushing over to give Alex an emergency infusion, will she turn the corner and get through the rest of the day? Or will she face one of her dreaded trips to the ER? Follow Alex:   / alexandrawildeson     / alexandrawildeson   Tune into Alex's podcast, Calling In Sick:   / callinginsickpod     / callinginsickpod      / @callinginsickpodcast   Credits: Videographer: Bradley Beesley Series Producer: Kim Nguyen Producer: Tom Buckman Casting Producer: Perrin Cimener Editor: Vanessa Nascimento If you have an amazing story and want to appear on the show, please email [email protected] and the team will be in touch! For licensing and archive requests, please email the licensing team: [email protected] Click below to follow your favourite Truly shows on social media! TikTok: Truly -   / truly_show   Transformed -   / transformedshow   Love Don’t Judge -   / lovedontjudgeshow   Snapchat: Born Different - https://bit.ly/3XluKiQ Hooked On The Look - https://bit.ly/3Xi0UM6 My Extraordinary Family - https://bit.ly/3XkEDNJ Love Don’t Judge - https://bit.ly/3Z05bFe Dating Different - https://bit.ly/3XkRbEU Miami Muscle - https://bit.ly/471TQX8 Rahki’s World - https://bit.ly/3yL9lX3 Brand New Me - https://bit.ly/3MtxpRb Bling Life - https://bit.ly/3Xi0Agv Transformed - https://bit.ly/45bDs3R Shake My Beauty - https://bit.ly/3Z18hZH Facebook: Born Different -   / borndifferentshow   Hooked On The Look -   / hookedonthelook   My Extraordinary Family -   / myextraordinaryfamilyshow   Love Don’t Judge -   / lovedontjudgeshow   Shake My Beauty -   / shakemybeauty   Truly -   / trulyshow   Instagram: Truly -   / trulyshow   Born Different -   / borndifferentshow   Shake My Beauty -   / shakemybeauty   Hooked On The Look -   / hookedonthelookshow   Love Don't Judge -   / lovedontjudgeshow   WhatsApp: Truly - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va7r... Born Different - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va7L... Shake My Beauty - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6z... Hooked On The Look - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va73... Love Don't Judge - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6n... My Extraordinary Family - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va7K... Transformed - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va7E...