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Is it easy to find a partner and/or maintain relationship when you have Arachnoiditis?
People with experience in Arachnoiditis give their opinion on whether it is easy or not to have a partner or to maintain a realationship when you are diagnosed of Arachnoiditis. What are the possible difficulties in having a relationship?
No because your so limited in your abilities it takes a very special person to stick by your side
Posted May 18, 2019 by nancy 2500
No, many marriages and relationships fail due to the devastating and life altering effects of adhesive arachnoiditis.
Posted Dec 10, 2019 by Josh 2600
Yes
This condition can be very
Difficult for all family members & can impact daily life significantly
Communication & support mechanisms are very important factors
This condition can be very
Difficult for all family members & can impact daily life significantly
Communication & support mechanisms are very important factors
Posted Jan 5, 2020 by Jcrandall72 2500
Yes
This condition can be very
Difficult for all family members & can impact daily life significantly
Communication & support mechanisms are very important factors
This condition can be very
Difficult for all family members & can impact daily life significantly
Communication & support mechanisms are very important factors
Posted Jan 11, 2020 by Staplehurst17 4050
It’s almost impossible to find a partner if you gave this condition. Keeping a relationship or marriage is no, a UK and Australian survey on this showed more than 70% of relationships especially marriages fail. Most wish to find a partner including the writer by almost impossible
Posted Jul 9, 2020 by Derek 3000
No, it is not. I am alone, lost the love of my life due to this horrible disease.
Posted Mar 20, 2021 by Anna 2300
It takes commitment for the partner, not easy
Posted Jul 22, 2021 by Vincent 3420
Contrary to what others have said, yes, you can achieve and maintain love with this disease - it just takes the right partner and a commitment to not letting your own depression drown it all out. I have been lucky enough to have one of these partners. We were dating when the back surgery occurred that started all this and 10 years later, we are happily married with children...how he was when the event took place 10 years ago was when I knew without a doubt he was the person I wanted to marry.
What is important is you get them involved in the process, you can't alone tell them what's going on, they have to read it and understand it for themselves to have any chance at somewhat understanding what we are going through (though they will never fully understand). We also need to recognize, as a partner, how this impacts them. We can be unpleasant people when in great pain and require more from our partners than we otherwise would - so we must appreciate them and take accountability when we are not our best selves. It's a daily struggle of despair, emotional suppression, guilt - but also of triumph, don't forget what you are overcoming every day. Make sure you have a good therapist who will not let you drain yourself and your loved ones in depression, it's definitely easy to do.
Keep up the fight and don't give up on love - you are so much more than this disease and deserve a great life and love.
What is important is you get them involved in the process, you can't alone tell them what's going on, they have to read it and understand it for themselves to have any chance at somewhat understanding what we are going through (though they will never fully understand). We also need to recognize, as a partner, how this impacts them. We can be unpleasant people when in great pain and require more from our partners than we otherwise would - so we must appreciate them and take accountability when we are not our best selves. It's a daily struggle of despair, emotional suppression, guilt - but also of triumph, don't forget what you are overcoming every day. Make sure you have a good therapist who will not let you drain yourself and your loved ones in depression, it's definitely easy to do.
Keep up the fight and don't give up on love - you are so much more than this disease and deserve a great life and love.
Posted Aug 18, 2021 by Sarah 100
My wife has been patient with me and supports me emotionally every step of the way. I do my best not to trample on that support.
Posted Jan 7, 2022 by Machinetoolmkr 5550
