{"id":106220,"date":"2016-12-28T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=106220"},"modified":"2017-10-06T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T20:08:36","slug":"ive-sick-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/28\/ive-sick-year\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Been Sick for Over a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2016. 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