Try to provide the best opportunities for your partner to thrive, but remember, you can only offer and shouldn’t feel bad if they choose not to partake.

We’re still having the fish battle at our house. I’ve tried a couple of recipes that he forced down and we are currently revisiting fish oil supplements in lieu of fresh fish. I made lasagna the other day and almost chopped a filet up with the meat but decided I didn’t want to chance it. We have 3 pounds of tilapia in our freezer that I think I may get to eat on my own.

I need to remind myself regularly that fighting this disease is my husband’s battle, not mine. I am not the one who wakes up stiff and has to face another day with PD. I am not the one who has had to give up things that I loved to do because my body and mind don’t always want to work together anymore. I am not the one who needs a medication that allows me to function but that also makes me move in unexpected ways.

I am the one who watches those struggles and wants desperately to help. I hear that exercise helps so I make sure we are connected with a program. I am there when he falters, to offer a hand or support. I hear that nutrition helps, so I try to cook healthy foods, but I need to remember that he has a right to his likes and dislikes and I should not force him to eat something no matter how good it is for him.

Anyone care to join me in a good old fish fry?

3 thoughts on “Try to provide the best opportunities for your partner to thrive, but remember, you can only offer and shouldn’t feel bad if they choose not to partake.”

  1. Have you tried burying it in a really good sauce? We went to a Cajun restaurant once and it was interesting but we never went back because you couldn’t taste the meat for the sauce (which I think was the original intent!). Of course, we are probably not the best advice givers because we are seafood people through and through. I still can’t believe that our new son-in-law doesn’t eat fish!

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