What no one tells you about sex after cancer

Moved out to the lounge room. I can still hear the crunching. Why did we order takeaway from a Thai place that gifts these monstrosities? How did my life come to this? There used to be a way to compete with bedtime snacks.

Yep ..... but mine started back in 'normal menopause' not forced!  :(  

Ha, what they don't tell you about sex after cancer is that instead of having it you end up lying in bed on a Saturday night next to someone who, much as you love them, is eating a bag of prawn chips while you blog about trying not to scream.

It's not a happy outcome especially for a younger woman, but to be fair, the side effect was noted in the written information on my medication I was given; my GP, oncologist and surgeon have all suggested possible treatments (but also mentioned the possible side effects of these treatments too); and in my case the atrophy may be compounded by ageing. An oncologist is, quite reasonably, focussed on trying to rid you of cancer. Unfortunately many GPs don't know much about cancer treatment side effects, refer you back to the oncologist and round we go. I found discussion with a specialist gynaecologist and my surgeon as useful as anything.