Your situation seems familiar to me as I am a 36 year old healthy male with a wife recently diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. We were formerly fairly active and enjoyed hiking, backpacking, and camping. Now my wife is thinking about getting a scooter because she can't walk far without being in pain. She is on a pain "patch" and other prescrips., who knows if they help. We haven't been getting along great lately as it is sometimes frustrating to have to do everything around the house. We have two kids, 3 and 6, and I have a full time job working from home so I end up doing quite a bit around here. There is no current cure for her disease and people typically have strokes/seizures around age 60 and go downhill from there. She is probably depressed, 90% of our conversations seems to revolve around how she feels and she sleeps so often it often ends up being me and the kids doing everything without her. I also feel like all she does is ask me to do things/get things all day long. I feel so bad for my wife, she really does try but she is too exhaused to do much and often gets stressed out, gets migraines, has sensitivity to smells & sounds, chronic body pain, and more. You just don't get much out of a marriage when your in situations like this and I often feel like I'm giving up so much to be with my wife.
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Your situation seems familiar to me as I am a 36 year old healthy male with a wife recently diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. We were formerly fairly active and enjoyed hiking, backpacking, and camping. Now my wife is thinking about getting a scooter because she can't walk far without being in pain. She is on a pain "patch" and other prescrips., who knows if they help. We haven't been getting along great lately as it is sometimes frustrating to have to do everything around the house. We have two kids, 3 and 6, and I have a full time job working from home so I end up doing quite a bit around here. There is no current cure for her disease and people typically have strokes/seizures around age 60 and go downhill from there. She is probably depressed, 90% of our conversations seems to revolve around how she feels and she sleeps so often it often ends up being me and the kids doing everything without her. I also feel like all she does is ask me to do things/get things all day long. I feel so bad for my wife, she really does try but she is too exhaused to do much and often gets stressed out, gets migraines, has sensitivity to smells & sounds, chronic body pain, and more. You just don't get much out of a marriage when your in situations like this and I often feel like I'm giving up so much to be with my wife.
July 6, 2009 - 6:41pmThis Comment
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