This is your boyfriend, Alex. He suffers from an illness named Vein Parasite, which causes him to have some severe joint pains, causing him to make him forget sometimes, and he has some bad fatigue. As you both learned, stress and poor nutrition tend to make it a bit worse. He also takes injections for his disease every day. If he's not properly taken care of, he might die. Alex also works as a freelance writer so he can stay home.