Planting the seeds for your sexual bucket list
I've talked previously in this blog about how many stroke-survivors are left with an attitude of wanting to 'seize the day' when it comes to sex. Yes, there are many of us who find that our sex-drive has diminished or collapsed completely as a result of our brain damage. But there are also those (I don't know how the figures break down; I really should find out) who have been left with a dramatically increased sex drive. People who were previously 'vanilla' when it came to sex suddenly find themselves wanting to try new and seemingly exotic things, just to find out if they like them. If they do, it's a new experience they've enjoyed as part of the second chance they have had at life; if they don't, at least they know they don't like it and they won't do it again. I am firmly in the latter camp; resolutely heterosexual before my stroke, I now find myself harbouring a desire to play with a penis. This desire doesn't extend to wanting an...