Originally posted by Jones, Nikka
If anyone has any advice or has gone through a similar experience I would appreciate your input.
My pop-culture (and in this case, pop psychology) references can tend to grate, so if you're not up to it, I urge you to ignore what I'm about to say.

One of my favorite books is Ordinary People by Judith Guest. Robert Redford made into a pretty good movie with Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, and Timothy Hutton back in the '80's.

In the book, the man character, Conrad, spends a lot of time with a psychiatrist, who at one point tells him, "The body never lies, kiddo."

I take that as good advice on just about every subject. Errors in the body's function usually come from a failure to communicate verbally what we need. Talking to F. about thoughts, fears, feelings could help. Trust your body to tell you when you're ready again, and do not function with the idea that this must never happen again.

With patience and communication, it all comes out in the wash, Nikka.