Seriously, your comebacks are brilliantly snappy. It's like some sort of internet superpower.

My wife was a juvenile diabetic and my folks tried to talk me out of marrying her because of the long term health issues. There were many times I had to nurse her through issues, but we were together for 30 years before cancer got her. If you love someone the health issues are secondary, just another hurdle to deal…

People who say things like that, I've noticed, tend to be more homosocial-status-obsessed than others.

As someone who's had cancer twice, gone through 3 rounds of chemo, radiation therapy twice, and had a stem cell transplant all between the ages of 22-27, I'm here if anyone needs to talk about love and serious medical conditions. I'm certainly no expert, but I managed to fine two meaningful relationships during that…

I'm with you.
Now derpatron4998... That guy was a champ!
He'd give you the shirt right off his back if you needed.
And FUNNY!
God that guy was funny!
Did you know he was a Mason?
yeah...

Shame what happened to derpatron4999 though.
This is why they tell us to install carbon monoxide detectors, people!

MrsDoctorAndroid has MS. I knew this when I met her. I knew this when I fell in love with her. It isn't an issue. We are a great match for each other. Now, MS is not one of those diseases that has much of a noticeable impact on everyday life (her form of it, anyway), but she needs to take meds, she tires easily,…

My larger friend circle has a preponderence of people with autoimmune diseases (1 with lupus, 3 with crohns, 2 or 3 with fibromyalgia) including a very close friend of mine. By and large, they are all happily paired up in either long term dating or marriage.

I did my best to support the close friend when she was…

Amazing response to a very complicated topic!

This response is full of win.

Not every love story is an epic; sometimes they're a short-story. Sometimes they're just dirty limericks.

For her, no. For you, basically.

And that leads to the next hard truth about dating: it's a numbers game. No matter what your situation may be, dating is always going to involve trial and error. There will be the people who reject you right off the bat. There will be false-positives - people who seem great on paper but just don't work in person.…

Best of luck to both of you

I don't know if the woman who asked the question is reading any of these comments but if she is, I'd just like to say to not lose hope.

Especially with the beard.

I've been there. Dating while having health issues is draining in ways that are hard to understand. I have an auto-immune disorder (Crohn's Disease - there's been some recent debate on if it should be classified as such, but I'm going to sidestep that), which has waxed and waned from "nearly killing me" to "not on…

Feel them out a little and get a grasp on what kind of person they are before you let them know that you have some complications in your life; there's no profit in opening yourself up to someone immediately if you don't think they're the right kind of guy for you. And when you think they might be, that's when you…

Having a disease or disorder and trying to date can be hell. There are a lot of disrespectful people who misunderstand the struggle those people go through. But it's extremely possible to find someone who not only is not bothered by it but wants to help you take care of yourself. I have had Crohn's disease for 15…

I met a wonderful girl with an auto immune disorder. I waited until she had surgery to help it before i proposed. She got healthy, we got married. It is EXTREMELY difficult to have a partner who is sick, weak and generally unable to do stuff for long, random periods that cannot be planned for.