I don't often get a chance to post to you - you are so much further ahead than I am! But I have learned a great deal from you.
This process takes strength and I am so completely impressed with yours. I read once in a book that unconditional love was the most attractive quality a person could find. I believe your wife recognizes that, maybe not out in the open where you can see but she has to know. She trusted you enough to tell you the truth. The news had the potential to hurt her by pushing you away but she told you anyway. With MLCers, I believe that is progress. They lie to protect themselves and their interests. The change is when the truth starts coming out.