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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had the onset of ulcerative colitis when my kids were 1 and 5. I'll try to spare you most of the gory details, but let's just say me and the toilet spent a LOT of time together for several months while I was being worked up and until treatment took effect.

It was not good. My husband dealt with the kids while I was indisposed, but was clearly put out about it. But other than the times I was literally unable to get off the toilet, I just powered through as much as possible with the usual routine/demands. I couldn't really eat, so lost over 30 lbs and was weak, had horrible abdominal pain, etc.

Thank god I eventually got an effective treatment and was able to get back to normal. DH is a good dad/spouse overall, but reacts poorly in emergency/high stress scenarios. He doesn't really empathize at all with me if I am ill, but is a classic Man Cold patient if something's wrong with him. It's probably his biggest fault.[/quote]

Just to clarify, he is at baseline a pretty equal parenting/household partner. It was the extra/uneven care burden that he was salty about, even though it wasn't avoidable. [/quote]

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