Thanks for this B2Y. I've lived far away from my extended family since my MS reared it's head. Soon I'll be moving in with my dad for at least a few months. He really doesn't understand how this disease affects me. He will talk at me for extended periods of time and I just can't make him understand that sometimes I can't handle lengthy conversations.

I have always been the 'go to' person in my family. They don't understand that I can't be that person anymore. I am not exaggerating at all. A couple of months ago, my married brother was getting a minor surgical procedure. He texted me in FL from PA to ask me what his blood type was! He's 43 years old! I have been handed the mom role in my family since my own mom passed away.

It's gonna be rough at first when I move back there. I'm going to be an emotional wreck because I'm going through a divorce. I hope I can get them to understand that I just can't be the person I was in the past.