Married with Chronic Illness: Meet Alex’s Lifeline, Caregiver and Husband…Cooper

Welcome back to Calling in Sick! This week, tune in to meet Cooper Wildeson - Alex’s husband, rock and partner of 10 years. The two share how they met, what dating was like before and after different diagnoses and practical tips on how they’ve navigated being sick and staying in love. So come and be a third-wheel this week — no doctor’s note required!

To hear more about Alex’s diagnosis story, tune in to last week’s episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDcAzclpc5A

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Calling In Sick!

00:01:30 How we met the beginning of our relationship

00:12:37 Mono triggered a chronic illness flare-up 

00:17:30 After College: Things were changing, navigating transitions

00:28:28 Getting engaged despite recent chronic illness diagnosis

00:36:05 Growing from Covid lockdown

00:41:50 Starting to share life online 

00:45:30 What we’re most proud about 

00:50:45 Advice to other caregivers & those recently diagnosed

00:55:50 Thank you for listening!! 

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