Sarah Bendiff shares how her boyfriend handled the news of her diagnosis, and how it helped both their relationship and her MG journey.
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The biggest surprise was my boyfriend’s reaction to my diagnosis. When I was feeling happy, then angry, then sad, and then just a big ball of emotions, he stayed calm and patient, and it didn’t scare him.
I remember that everyone around me was saying, “You know, this is a pretty heavy disease. You have to think about it, since you were just at the start of the relationship.” But he simply ignored everyone around him.
Something that really touched me was that he did a lot of research. He educated himself more than I did at that time, so he kind of absorbed the shock, and it helped me a lot.
That was the most surprising thing, because he’s usually someone who reacts with panic and stress to things that aren’t related to me. And that was his reaction to my diagnosis.
