Can Our Marriage Survive This Devastating News?

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Relationships, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an ad for BetterHelp.
0:07.1	You work hard to be the strong one for everyone else, but you're running on empty.
0:12.4	That pressure just doesn't disappear, it takes over your life and talking to someone can help.
0:17.5	Go to BetterHelp.com slash deloni for 10% off.
0:21.6	How do I navigate a life-changing diagnosis when my partner has an invisible disease?
0:27.4	And I guess the other part is how do I grieve unknown?
0:31.3	What's the diagnosis?
0:32.6	Trigeminal neuralgia.
0:34.0	Oh, man.
0:35.2	So you look it up and it's, you know, number one most painful diagnosis that someone can get.
0:45.5	What up?
0:46.8	What up?
0:47.1	What up?
0:47.4	This is John, with Dr. John Deloney's show coming to you live from Nashville, Tennessee,
0:51.8	taking your calls on your mental health, your emotional health, your marriage, whatever you got going on in your life. All of us are trying to figure out what to do in a world that's lost, it's freaking mine. That's what I'm here. Pull up a seat and we'll figure out what's the next right move for you, your marriage, your kids, whatever you got going on. Let's go out to New York City.
1:11.7	New York. You talk to Lee. What's up, Lee?
1:15.5	Hey, Dr. John. What's up, Tommy? Oh, not much, brother. I'm in it right now.
1:22.0	Let's hear it, man. What's going on? Yeah, I guess, you know, listen to you for a long time.
1:27.2	Really love all the wisdom you get a thank you so much to you for a long time. Really, really love all the wisdom you give them.
1:29.2	Thank you so much to you guys in the team.
1:30.7	But my question, you know, how do I navigate a life-changing diagnosis when my partner has an invisible disease?
1:39.0	And I guess the other part is how do I grieve the unknown?
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