A place for couples dealing with illness to find resources and advice, hear stories, and discover support. Whether the illness is chronic or acute, the result of disease or accident, couples can learn strategies for coping with the changes illness brings into our relationships and our worlds. The information provided in this blog is for educational and support purposes only. It should not be used as a substitute for seeking professional care. I was with a friend who was dying from leukemia and then with her husband and adult sons after her passing.
She and her husband were one of those lucky couples who totally adored each other, from the day they Once in a while, I get a phone call from someone who found my blog or an article I wrote or is a friend of a friend of a friend. She or her partner has been living with pain or What do you do when your partner is no longer interested in or capable of sexual intimacy with you?
Illness takes many tolls, on both partners. One of them is too often sexual intimacy. Medications, pain, and exhaustion can not This talk is 52 minutes long. In this two-minute segment, I talk about how illness becomes the third partner in a relationship. Listen to this conversation moderated by my co-author, Roanne Weisman, with novelist Lucy Jane Bledsoe and me about the intersection of love and obligation when disaster hits home.
Illness is such a thief. It can take away so much of what we consider vital. It can take away the peace that comes from taking the ordinary for granted. It can steal intimacy.
Illness depletes, but it also deposits Special Photos of a Couple Living with Cancer Wonderful photographs done by Nancy Borowick of her two parents both diagnosed with cancer, as they go through treatments and daily life, side-by-side.
