ok, i can kinda sort relate to just the separation/change in body type thing, though i agree the trauma of prison is definitley a factor. i have a temporary colostomy bag and feel like a nasty lump of nasty, which caused me and my bf to go without for...well a long time. but finally i decided to ovary up, and he gave me an amazing full body massage, with absolutely no implication of sex . did my back first, while communicating about my body and hid fondness for it. when he was done with my back, i was comfortable enough that I rolled over for him to massage my front, fully exposing the bag to him (he isnt grossed out by it, I AM) with no embarrassment...afterward i gave him a similar massage. just touching each other all over helps you to reconnect after a period of abscence and when you body changes in ways that you feel are dramatic (even if they are not to your partner)
and you aren't stretched out, those things are built to pass small humans, they bounce back.