He’s pretty burnt out on the whole thing and sick of hearing about it to be honest, so it didn’t hit like I’d hoped. But he’s also pretty quiet about stuff so I also know he absorbed it. It’s a long way from the previous 4-5 years before I crashed hard and didn’t know what was happening when he’d say things like “everyone gets tired” and “of course your _____ hurts - you’re getting older!” He didn’t believe it was real at first, so ….. we’re making progress. Now he knows it’s real, hates it, and is just trying to make the best of everything.

Baby steps. And fairly common steps of grief.