Oh Emily. What a nightmare. One thing though, this young man you married is who he is and would likely have bolted with or without MS. If somebody heads for the hills after a few months, then that is indicative or a deeper deficit or insecurity and that sort of someone is not suitable for our type of people. It's a cruel and tough thing for you to go through but you need to prioritise on you now as you are what matters. Are you working? Do you have family? Do you get support from friends? You're going to have to draw on your reserves to get through this next phase and you need to do whatever you need to do to get through. Is your consultant talking about DMDs? Do you have access to an MS nurse? I'm really sorry you are going through this, but you have lots of support here on Shift, it's a site that isn't going to run when the going gets tough xx

@emily156 Its a complicated time to sort through everything and its hard when you have relationships not going as you want. I cant speak to why he might have left or what the situation was, but have others have said, it might be for the best to have this happen now. You are young and MS has a lot of options. I can assure you not all men are like that. My wife was diagnosed last year and she has found that exercise and healthy diet has made a lot of improvement to her mode and overall stress levels. We cant be sure if it has helped with her MS or not, but with all the other benefits its really made us feel a lot better about things. Maybe you cant control the fact that he left you or that you have MS but there are probably things you could add to your life that will help you get past this point. Wishing you all the best.