When I began my blog, one of the topics I wrote about often was dating- or rather my lack of dating. Overwhelmed by my diagnosis and the changes it had wrought on my life and body, I put a full stop to romance, but spent lots of time worrying and wondering about what it would be like to be with someone now that I had a chronic disease. Would I ever find anyone who wouldn’t run away screaming when they found out? How would I go about telling a potential suitor that I had a disease with no...
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Arthritis
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