I'm happy to have read this too. Obviously not happy to hear other people going through problems but happy to hear that I'm not alone.
My wife was diagnosed with MS 11 years ago and we have been married for 10. She was a vivacious, fun loving young lady who was working as criminal barrister at the time and loving life in London. Five years ago our beautiful daughter was born and this coincided with a rapid decline in my wifes mobility, the onset of incontinence and other nasty symptoms. Trying to juggle all this as we adjusted to becoming parents was a challenge to say the least. The element which rendered the situation nigh on impossible was my wifes challenging behaviour. She has become extremely cantankerous and negative towards those closest to her (including our daughter). She refuses to take part in any meaningful exercise, diet and takes no responsibility for household chores, finances and even her own personal hygiene. We have not had marital relations in years now. I feel like our only connection is our daughter and that the only reason I am still there is that I feel that if I leave she will lose everything (she lost her ability to work around 5 years ago due to lack of mobility). Sometimes I day dream about leaving and the new MS free life I could lead. However for the time being I'll dig deep and hope that things improve.
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I'm happy to have read this too. Obviously not happy to hear other people going through problems but happy to hear that I'm not alone.
August 12, 2015 - 9:03amMy wife was diagnosed with MS 11 years ago and we have been married for 10. She was a vivacious, fun loving young lady who was working as criminal barrister at the time and loving life in London. Five years ago our beautiful daughter was born and this coincided with a rapid decline in my wifes mobility, the onset of incontinence and other nasty symptoms. Trying to juggle all this as we adjusted to becoming parents was a challenge to say the least. The element which rendered the situation nigh on impossible was my wifes challenging behaviour. She has become extremely cantankerous and negative towards those closest to her (including our daughter). She refuses to take part in any meaningful exercise, diet and takes no responsibility for household chores, finances and even her own personal hygiene. We have not had marital relations in years now. I feel like our only connection is our daughter and that the only reason I am still there is that I feel that if I leave she will lose everything (she lost her ability to work around 5 years ago due to lack of mobility). Sometimes I day dream about leaving and the new MS free life I could lead. However for the time being I'll dig deep and hope that things improve.
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