I am one of the luckiest of the chronically ill cardholders, in my opinion; because throughout my time dealing with chronic illness, I haven’t faced it on my own. Prior to getting sick and for the whole time since I have had the amazing fortune of being in a loving partnership.
For almost 26 years now I have had the same, steadfast, and supportive woman by my side. She has loved and cared for me as a person with and without disabling conditions and I could spend the remainder of my days writing about how these illnesses impact our relationship, life together, communication, our sex life, the future we had planned, how we deal individually and as a couple, and still not run out of material.
We went into my illness with more than a dozen years under our belt. Because of this, we had already weathered some of life’s biggest ups and downs together.
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