Tanya's husband is now the one who has to do it all.
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I used to have no problems going about my daily life. I was active, felt good … You know, looked after everything that needed to be done for the household, my kids, all their activities, grocery lists, bills being paid on time, and working a full-time job, and so on and so forth. And having a social life and, you know, feeling like a normal human being. Now I’m not capable of doing any of that … Unfortunately, my poor husband basically does it all now. You know, still works his very demanding fulltime job, and does the grocery pickups, the cooking, you know, getting the kids to their activities, and all of those things, because I literally – I don’t have the physical energy to do these things.
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