I’m going through a “mid-life crisis” of a different sort. Ten years ago, head trauma started to awaken something within me. Five years ago another knock on the head caused “it” to fully awaken.What is “it”? Not sure. I’ve named it Vladimir. He is an extremely painful and debilitating autoimmune disease that resists treatment. I went from being extremely active-working 5-6 days per week in health care, umpiring baseball and softball-to being wheelchair bound.