If you can get your doctor to say you need a pet for your mental/physical health, you can get around the regulations. I know a T1 diabetic whose doctor essentially wrote a scrip for a dog so he could have one in a no-pets apartment. The dog is company as well as a reason to get out & walk. This man now walks more than he ever did before - the dog is a great help for him.

I don't know where I'd be emotionally/mentally without my animals. They're more helpful than my husband has been. (Another one to say there's no fairy-tale marriages - any relationship is work & some are more work than others.)