Is Sex Over? Badly Hurt Vets and Sexual Intimacy

Is Sex Over? Badly Hurt Vets and Sexual Intimacy
Conference Focuses on Wounded Troops and Intimacy With Their Partners
By KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON May 21, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press

When B.J. Jackson lost both his legs to an Iraq war injury, his doctors talked about a lot of things, but they didn't mention how it might affect his sex life.

BJ Jackson, a double amputee from the Iraq War, right, and his wife, Abby, right, both of Des Moines, Iowa, talk about about the issue of Iraq vets and sexual intimacy, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
(AP)Jackson's less-bashful wife brought it up. But even then the couple didn't get the answers they sought.