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![]() JOAN’S BLOG – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 - SEX – YOUR ISSUES AND VIEWPOINTS As my regular readers know, and as new readers will discover, I meant it when I said that this website is for spousal issues related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Nowhere else will you find such frank, honest discussions about our issues, and nowhere else will you find the understanding that you will receive here. I tried to deal respectfully with the sex and intimacy You, however, have been much more frank and open about the problems AD brings to the bedroom, and for that I thank you. Today’s blog has no solutions. It is being written for one reason – to allow all of you who have read this website; all of you who have e-mailed me; all of you who have written on the boards; and all of you new readers who have done none of these, to understand that you are not alone. Your problems, your emotional pain We have discussed how, when your spouse is more like a needy child There are those of you who have expressed the sadness In all the literature I have read on the subject, the same theme emerges – the sexual desire Then there is the general stress of being a caregiver to an AD spouse. You have to do everything, be everything, and know everything I have heard mostly from women on this issue. The men who have expressed an opinion have all been in agreement – they do not want to force themselves on their wives, so they do not bother them for sex if their wives are not interested. Thumbs up to those male spouses. As I said in the beginning, I have no solution. I just want everyone who reads this to know that the issue is a real one – you are not alone if you are struggling with it, and every single person dealing with an AD spouse understands exactly what you are going through. Feedback to joan@thealzheimerspouse.com ![]()
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