Get Out The Map

[arjnex]

What a coincidence - I was about to come here and post an update. Not much change to report, except for a couple of recent events.

I am proceeding as before, trying to shoulder some of my wife's chores when and as I can. Since my leg is also improving and I can get around a bit easier, it allows me to be more of a help, and she does notice. She, in turn, is trying to be more physically attentive; I get deep kisses, not regularly, but more frequently than before--along with hints about technique, which I try to accept in the spirit in which they're given. She has not had a chance to read 5LL yet, but maybe she gets the general gist.

Last night, I tried a small escalation - while mid-deep-kiss, moving one hand onto her breast. It didn't go over well; she said, "Oh, and don't squeeze my boob while I'm having a hot flash; I felt like smacking you!" Well, dang, I didn't know she was having a hot flash! Later, she said that she thinks she's going through perimenopause, or the equivalent thereof for women without uteruses. (When they did the hysterectomy, they removed one ovary, but the other is still in place.) She's seriously considering hormone replacement therapy, now that they have new hormones with adjustable dosage levels, and thinks the hormone levels may be connected to the loss of sexuality on her part. She actually was on HRT for a time after her surgery, but stopped, probably because of all the talk about the connection with breast cancer. So it doesn't look like the incident was a permanent setback, and perhaps it provided a way to help move forward. But I think I'll just keep my hands off that part of her anatomy for awhile.

Her foot surgery is scheduled for mid-July, after which will be a 6-8 week recovery period, partly in a cast, partly in her "moon boot." After we're recovered from our respective orthopedic issues, she's interested in us taking ballroom dance lessons (spurred on, I think, by that recent show on ABC), and I can see potential advantages in that. So sure, I'll go right along with her, assuming the instructor doesn't mind dealing with an old stumblebum like me.

So, little to report, and a mixed bag at that...but the subject is never far from my mind.

- "A"