With her epilepsy medication failing, Sara Peters checks into a hospital with one goal: make the scariest thing in her life happen again.
This story originally aired on September 9, 2012.
When Erin Barker is diagnosed with two chronic illnesses, she has to say goodbye to four of her favorite things.
Neuroscientist Kelley Remole begins suffering from mysterious and paralyzing headaches.
After years of suffering, Phillip Comella discovers the cause of his “excessive bathroom breaks” while working on his thesis in biomedical science.
Growing up tall and suffering from psoriasis, Emma Yarbrough struggles with feeling conspicuous — but then she discovers there’s more to her unusual height than she’d thought.
Born without a right pectoral muscle due to Poland syndrome, John Trumbo has always felt defective, but then he discovers a possible solution.
When storyteller Sandi Marx begins to develop cognitive symptoms of lupus, she worries she'll lose the aspects of her personality that she values most.
Science writer Leah Shaffer discovers an interesting way to manage her chronic illness -- hookworms.
Standup comedian Wes Hazard's dangerous chronic illness rears its head while he's on stage one night.
Amy Oestreicher is a normal teenage theater nerd... until the day her stomach explodes.
Skylar Bayer's dreams of a career in scientific scuba diving are put in jeopardy when her heart begins acting strangely.