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Hi, my name is Mrshandy0116. I'm here because my husband of 17 years just realized that RA wasn’t just arthritis despite me telling him over and over. Past year I was diagnosed with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (heart rate went over 200 bpm), had abnormal stress test, cardiac catheterization revealed elevated pressure on right side of heart, suffered a terrible fall, became anemic requiring 8 treatments of intravenous iron, underwent upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, gastritis, diagnosed with diverticulitis large and small throughout my large intestine and I’m scheduled for cervical fusions at c5-c6 and c6-c7 in February.
Husband stopped working 11 years ago due to chronic pain secondary to many back surgeries. So with all my health issues I work almost 50 hours per week to support our family with two teenagers still at home. He’s narcissistic (so was my first husband), mentally and verbally abusive to me and our children and could care less about us. Always stressful at home and my work is stressful and demanding (management) but I continue to work everyday while he sits in his recliner watching tv. He calls me lazy and other things because I don’t clean the house like I used to when he had surgery after surgery when the children were toddlers. Not supportive and I’m dreading being off from work to recover from surgery.
I’m happy to be here and sorry for my rant!!
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