Quote: Does anyone else on this board have a similar situation where one of the partners is ill/injured?
Yes. My S has celiac disease, and because she went for several years before diagnosis, she has some permanent intestinal damage that makes it impractical for her to eat in restaurants as well as makes her more vulnerable to gluten in various situations. Several years ago, right before diagnosis, she lost a lot of weight, and I noticed a pattern of her desire dropping dramatically below a certain point.
What's hardest is doing my best to be a supportive spouse but not letting the existence of a chronic condition be an excuse or an unnecessary impediment. There are plenty of individuals with disabilities who have full, varied sex lives.
When my S fell and sprained a joint or two in the fall, that was a short-term, difficult situation. It's honestly hard to get in an erotic conversation when one of you is likely to be yelling in agony in the next half hour.
