My CF was never a secret. In fact, the night my husband and I went on our first date, I started passing a kidney stone. Our second date was in the hospital. He's been great. When we were engaged, he stayed at the hospital with me to get a feel for what it is really like. He helps when I have home IV's by taking the nighttime shift. He's always taken that stuff in stride - or seemed to. He's gone with me to appointments and seen a bronchoscopy. We don't talk much about the future of my CF. I'm really healthy right now, though I wasn't when we got married and I've had a few scares. He doesn't want to talk or think about the what if's. Sometimes that is hard for me because I want to think about plans and scenarios. I'm not morbid and I don't obsess, but we have a daughter and sometimes I want to wonder out loud to him.
HollyCatheryn
25 yr old w/ CF, married, mother of 2 yr old w/o CF