58 and I have been sitting on this for months honestly. The dryness. There. I typed it. It started maybe two years ago and I kept thinking it would sort itself out and it absolutely has not. Sex has gone from something I enjoyed to something I dread and that makes me want to cry a bit if I'm being honest. My husband is lovely and patient and we don't really talk about it because I don't know how to start that sentence. "Sorry love, everything is just..." what? Broken? Dry? Not mine anymore? I've got a GP appointment next Thursday and I am terrified I will sit down, she'll ask what she can help with, and I will say "nothing, fine, just a blood pressure check thanks" and leave having said absolutely nothing useful. So I've been trying to write things down this week. Not for anyone else, just so I don't bottle it when I'm actually in the room. Things like: when does it hurt, how often, does it affect wanting to in the first place or just the actual. Trying to find the right words that aren't embarrassing and aren't too clinical either. Has anyone managed to actually say this stuff out loud to their GP without wanting to disappear through the floor? Any words that helped? I'll take whatever I can get x