Everyone has an idea and a way for me. I’ve accepted that’s just part of living with a monumental illness.

My newfound time and perspective on life have given me all sorts of nostalgia. Feelings of longing for the past.

Jackie, along with her husband who is the co-host and producer, has an autoimmune encephalitis podcast called "Brain Fever."

Everything about autoimmune encephalitis scares the bee jeebies out of me. It’s horrible to face your own mortality, but also eye opening.