Many things can tax a relationship, and one is the serious or prolonged illness of a partner. Wendy Shanker, author of Are You My Guru? How Medicine, Meditation & Madonna Saved My Life and The Fat Girl’s Guide to Life, humorously shares her long road to finding the right man through the ups and downs of weight loss and eventually a rare illness that led her to explore areas of life she’d never previously considered. Then radio host Chris M. Tatevosian, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, realizes that his focus on his illness cost him a valued relationship. He has written Life Interrupted: It’s Not All About Me