DesertFlower,
You are TOTALLY right that there is no physical reason for this that I can come up with either. My self esteem has taken a huge blow too and I couldn't agree more about not feeling attractive or desirable. I feel like I live in hiding most of the time now. I live in dark sunglasses and wear them everywhere. I live in a town where everyone knows everyone else and I don't want people I knew from high school to see me this way. As for the sex part of it, it is almost impossible to have any interest when you feel so unattractive and your self esteem is so low. I wonder if this is common for people dealing with a life changing illness? I wish I knew what we could do about the self esteem issue!!! Is it possible that we are also suffering from depression and that makes us feel bad about ourselves? I am on an anti depressant but maybe it isn't working like it should. Just a thought.....
Kendra