MS Care Givers - an interesting thread

Here is an interesting discussion concerning MS care givers, their difficulties in dealing and/or empathizing with an MSer: http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-12444.html.  For many care givers, it is not until they are able to compare MS symptoms to something that has happened to them can they truly empathize.  For example, one female MSer explained to other females that MS fatigue was much worse that the fatigue she felt while pregnant, which made it much easier for them to understand.  Of course, that didn't help the male MS care-givers in the audience...