{"id":6487,"date":"2018-06-04T04:54:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T09:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breezystorm.com\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2018-06-04T04:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T09:54:17","slug":"chronic-illness-of-your-spouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breezystorm.com\/chronic-illness-of-your-spouse\/","title":{"rendered":"How chronic illness of your spouse affects your marriage? \u2013 [Its devastating impact]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chronic illness of your spouse has a devastating impact in your married life.<\/p>\n
Your relationship undergoes drastic changes when your spouse becomes sick. Your marriage loses its fun and laughter. Your total life changes so much so that you feel lost and miserable. Your agony in seeing your loved one suffering from a dreadful illness emotionally shatters you.<\/p>\n
My personal experience<\/strong><\/p>\n I speak from my personal experience.<\/p>\n When my husband was diagnosed with kidney failure, I literally felt the world crashing at my feet.<\/p>\n The bed ridden days of my husband was a living hell to me. I still do not know how I lived through those traumatic days. It is a horrible nightmare to me to this date. So, I can understand how terrible you must be feeling to see your loving spouse suffering from chronic illness.<\/p>\n You have to be brave<\/strong><\/p>\n But, you cannot let your pitiable situation take toll of your energy and hope. You need it drastically to see you through your trauma. If you lose hope, you will lose your ability to look after your sick spouse.<\/p>\n You have to be brave and courageous at this phase of your life. Otherwise, you will literally chip under the pressures that keeps piling on you.<\/p>\n You feel absolutely shattered when the happiness you enjoyed with your spouse is no longer there, isn\u2019t it?<\/a><\/p>\n The agony you undergo<\/strong><\/p>\n Your total married life changes drastically. You spend more time in the hospital than at home. The consistent visits to the hospital drains your morale. You feel lost and wretched.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy has this to happen to me?\u201d you ask yourself this question an umpteenth time. But you will never know the answer. I asked myself this question a thousand times when my husband fell sick. I never got an answer to it.<\/p>\n The frequent visits to the hospital can demoralize you. The monotonous voice of the doctor reeling out cold medical factors about your spouse will crush your energy to nothingness.<\/p>\n This is not the end of your agony.<\/p>\n You have to look after your children also. Your heart aches with anguish when you are unable to spend time with them.<\/p>\n The chronic illness of your spouse makes you financially depleted as you lose his\\her income. Your family now depends upon your sole earnings. Your spending increases two-fold as you have to deal with all your family\u2019s financial commitments on your only income.<\/p>\n