I understand that he won't get achy unless he gets aroused.
I do wish that he got aroused from my naked self half laying on him, stroking him. Sigh.
I will say this in MrHP's defense, though: His arousal is much easier when I am healthy. I think he is deathly afraid of hurting me. I don't blame him. Half the time I'm coming on to him, and the other half I'm flinching cause he just inadvertently rammed my backside whilst trying to snuggle.
However, even when I'm perfectly healthy, he doesn't seem to get aroused (physically speaking) until the THOUGHT of sex crosses his brain. Furthermore, this 'thought' is a very specific thought: Honey wants to ML. When he thinks to himself, I want to ML, it is much less powerful and arousing. Therefore, he tends to wait on me and my arousal to set the frequency, the tone and the pace of lovemaking.
Thank you for the erection tutorial. That was good info to have. If a boner fide HD guy can exist without nookie for weeks without tearing his hair out, then I guess it is not all that unusual that the Mr. does, also.