Kari isn't able to do what she used to and this has led to tensions in her household.

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With my spouse and I, we aren’t as sociable as we used to be. You know we used to go to hockey games and all those kinds of things, so I think he kind of, they kind of bear the brunt of it with you, without meaning to, right? Because they don’t want to just go by themselves. So, yeah, I think relationships take a toll and so it affects them …  So, yeah, it’s, it definitely affects the people around you because like it wasn’t ‘til recently that my spouse really understood what I meant when I said I was tired. So, until that point, I can’t imagine what he thought, right, when I said, “No I’m too tired.” And no, you know, “No I don’t want to go visit friends because I’m too tired.” So, it affects your social life, it affects your relationships, yeah, it’s, it definitely ends up affecting the people around you … I don’t know if he agrees with me, but I would say it’s put a strain on our relationship. Just because, you know, he’s that old-type farmer that, you know, the woman should be cooking, I mean, don’t get me wrong, he’ll cook meals and here and there, but if he’s out working for the day, he wants to come home to a meal. And when he doesn’t get that, I’m sure he’s like, “Oh OK, whatever,” right? It puts a strain there, for sure.

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