We've now come to the portion of my medical memoir where we return the point of the dramatic opening: when, in the beginning of 2019, I completely lost the ability to sleep for 10 consecutive days. This is, without a doubt, the most uncomfortable, disturbing, painful, and vulnerable portion of the story, and details the time that I wasn't sure I was going to make it. It's not a happy story, and it is challenging for me to share all this here on the podcast, but in the ongoing quest to be open and authentic, here it is . . .