Of course, I’ll temper that statement by saying that MS, from what I’ve seen, is unique in that it’s symptoms are so different from person to person. That’s why it’s hard to write about it; there are readers who will not relate to much of what I say because their MS is so different from what I observe in Mandy.

I said in an earlier post that I am well aware there are many levels of caregiving. But one thing is the same no matter how little or how much caregiving is required in your home. Your lives and your relationship will change. You need to acknowledge your new roles and wear them without playing the martyr. How to integrate your new roles into the relationship, and how to do so without fundamentally changing that part of the relationship that keeps you together, may be your biggest challenge.