Re: sex and cml/Jackie

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Jackie,

Right there with ya!....lol....I had everything removed a few

years ago, before that I guess I was kinda sorta maybe rabbitlike?

hehehe....I enjoyed it anyway. When they took out the works, I lost

alllll desire, HRT gave me back a little but I cannot afford it

anylonger. The problem is my hubby is 15 yrs my junior! He also has to

use Testosterone daily sooo uhhh you see my problem? I have absolutely

no desire, he kids me about my vow of celebacy. When he starts teasing

me about it I realize it has been a little too long for him and I

sneak in and use a little of his Testosterone which pretty much does

the trick! But there are side effects, if I use it too often I get

great big sore boil like pimples and I also get a fierce temper! So I

dont use it too often. But I feel guilty, he is so young and he has

stuck by me through everything and I worry about it all the time. He

says not to but still I do. I have realized since I was dx'ed and on

gleevec then sprycel it has gotten worse. Used to every now and then I

did get the urge on my own now I dont. It takes me a couple of days to

get myself into the mindframe and then use his Gel and then if I am

not too tired or hurting in some area of my body we can take care of

business. It seems more work though anymore then I think it is

worth...lol.

Hugs,

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> At 46 I used to love sex and still do but my body is saying other

things right now - thin skin bleeding easily (I only have to rub my

shin on something and that's it, bang goes full thickness skin gone),

loss of hair colour, looking most of the time like a tired out white

freak with red facial blotches when hot, red and puffy eyes, the ol'

botty problems and tiredness and fatigue most of the day.I'm beginning

to think this is a common problem with drugs, though Glivec is

certainly taking its toll in many ways.Sex is still a huge part of my

agenda and hubby would have it three times a day if I let him, but I

still think that Glivec takes the incentive away. By the time I've

showered in the morning and then cleaned myself up before sex the

enjoyment has gone out of it.

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> Anybody else feel that way?

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> @...: tammy@...: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:51:09 -0400Subject: RE:

[ ] sex and cml

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> Okay, without divulging TMI, what age are we talking about? I'm 36,

not realinterested (though haven't been in quite a few years.) DH is

NOT liking thedirection of this conversation. Tammy _____ From:

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janiceSent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:45 PM@...: [ ] sex and

cmlI have found I have no interest at sex at all, apparently it's a

real sideeffect from the glivec drugWhat have others experienced with

being on the drug glivec?Janice[Non-text portions of this message have

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