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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband has MS and I completely understand, OP.  [b]It is a very, very difficult situation and anyone who has not experienced it firsthand can possibly understand the toll that it takes on the caretaker spouse in every way, physically, mentally, emotionally.  DH is horrible when he is frustrated or angry or both.  He treats me very poorly sometimes as I am the only outlet for his feelings.
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Would I marry him again?  Hell no.

We are approaching retirement and more than once I have been tempted to leave because this is not how I want to live between now and dead.  On the other hand, if I do leave, the burden will be shifted to my young adult children, and I cannot bear that.  So here I am.[/quote]

This has been my father's experience caring for my mother for the past 40+ years. Her official diagnosis is RA, but there has been no treatment that has been effective, or maybe they've developed such a co-dependent/caretaker relationship that it wouldn't even matter at this point.  I wish he would have left her because it's been a miserable existence for him and thus for all of us. I think she would have been better off having some other kind of help. [/quote]

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