I finally cracked it. Everything is coming together. It all is making sense. This is a true E = mc˛ moment, when the science gloriously aligns and the answers come tumbling out. The last major remaining missing puzzle piece of this memoir has been found. Why are women so much more susceptible to getting diagnosed with autoimmune diseases, dementia, long Covid, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic illnesses than men? And why do these conditions tend to strike most often in our primes? The answer will leave you as breathless as I am. Sit Down Before Reading, a memoir of misdiagnosis that unravels medicine’s greatest mysteries, continues with Chapter 52: Are You Sitting Down, Part 3.