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58 and I genuinely did not see it coming. That's the thing nobody warned me about. Not the dryness itself, not the way it would just quietly change everything between me and my husband without either of us having a conversation about it. One day it was fine and then it... wasn't. And we've been married 31 years so you'd think talking about it would be easy. It really isn't. I've started writing things down before my GP appointment next week because I know I'll sit in that chair and suddenly forget every single symptom the moment she looks at me. I always do. So I've got a little list in my notes app. Dryness. Discomfort. The way I've started avoiding rather than saying anything. The UTI-type feelings that keep coming and going even though the tests come back clear. I don't know how to say "I think I've lost interest in sex" to my GP without going bright red but I'm going to try. I've also been trying to eat better, not for any dramatic reason, just because I noticed I feel more like myself on days when I've actually had a proper meal with some protein in it. Less flat. More like I exist. Small thing but I'm clinging to it. Anyone else had to find the words for this at the doctor? x

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