Till death do us part in dealing with chronic illness such as Parkinson’s disease…By Dr. De Leon

Sharing this recent posting from Dr. De Leon about relationships and chronic illness. #ParkinsonsAwareness #chronicillness

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“There is simply no medicine that will cure what happiness can’t cure.”
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In a time when marriages end faster than we can say “I do” how to make a marriage work in the midst of living with a chronic illness is no easy feat.
Establishing a balance with your partner can be a daunting task. After living with a chronic illness for more than ½ of our marriage, I have learned a few tricks to make things work better and keep the flame going. This requires a great deal of love, patience, forgiveness, and mutual respect.
We must think first of marriage and romantic relationships as an empty treasure chest. Here we put for safe keeping all our goals, dreams, desires, expectations and most prized possessions that speak of our past and our future. But, we can only draw from it what we have made a…

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