Alexandria was currently under a really bad, sometimes fatal illness. You were healthy and thought you'd be fine, but when you visited Hilltop and started feeling like your bones were jello, you realized otherwise.

Your friend, the Hilltop doctor Enid, had to take care of you. She was more used to treating injuries, but she had basic medicine knowledge.

So here you are, rotting in a bed all day, in a whole other community than your own.