Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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As a single woman, I worry that telling men about my celiac disease and microscopic colitis will cause a problem. Between the two diseases, there is so little I can eat - foreign food - a problem waiting to happen; spontaneity in eating - won't happen. I just feel like I would be a burden on any kind of trip or vacation (I also have a severe foot problem and can't do a lot of walking - one more thing to add to the mix). Obviously, I wouldn't tell someone until I knew them well but it does scare me sometimes.
Mary Lee,
Thank you for posting your comment. You are not alone in your fear of sharing your illness with a potential partner.
However, I hope that you can also balance that fear with the knowledge that the CDC estimates almost 1 in 5 individuals live with a serious chronic illness. That means the odds are pretty good that your potential partner also has a health issue to work around, and if not now, than he probably will sometime in his life.
I wish you the best,
Tracy