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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V.Gorgon . knew exactly what living in constant fear of illness felt like.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the couple, whose real life love story was portrayed in The Big Sick, opened up about what the pandemic has looked like for them due to Gordon being a part of the immunocompromised community.
"When COVID-19 hit and suddenly it became very scary to be around other people for fear of what they could give you and what you could contract, I thought, 'Welcome to my world,'" Gordon tells PEOPLE.
The producer, 43, has been living with adult-onset Still's Disease (AOSD), a rare inflammatory immune disorder that can have life-threatening complications, since she was diagnosed in 2007. And in 2017, she was diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), an immune deficiency disease where the body has low levels of protective antibodies and an increased risk of infections.
"Essentially, my body does not make the things that helped me fight off illness — anywhere from huge illnesses to your common cold. So I have had to be incredibly careful for years now," she explains.
"I get all kinds of illnesses all the time," Gordon continues. "And that was all before the pandemic, which then became a lot scarier because if I was at risk for all of those, obviously I was at much higher risk for contracting COVID 19 as well."
Throughout the pandemic, Nanjiani, 44, says he and his wife had an extremely tight lockdown and didn't leave the house for the first year and a half, unless for Gordon's doctor's appointments.
Even after they got vaccinated, The Big Sick star admits that before making a trip outside of the house, big or small, he had to carefully consider whether the health risks were worth it due to Gordon's conditions.
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