"l Wish She Had Told Me..." Perspectives on Sexuality and Intimacy After a Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
1. Identify common barriers to communication between the Cervical Cancer Survivor and her partner.
2. strategies Cervical Cancer survivors and their partners can use to open and/or improve communication related to sexuality and intimacy.
This is not a science paper or reseach. This is my personal experience and informed awareness about sexual dysfuncation after cervical and other cancers.
1. Common barries- Body image after surgery, menopause, depression, loss of sex drive and sexual desire, not feeling as wanted, fear of rejection, not knowing your own sexual needs as they are new.
2. Strategies to improve communication: talk openly, must practice masturbation and own personal sexual abilities and desires so that you can share with partner, learn about sexual tools, lubricants, and toys, learn about other ways to improve intimacy other then sex. Other forms of touch and closeness. Developing trust again. Therapy and counceling.
This will be an open oral presenation. I will discuss each of the many possible barries to communication and sexual dysfunction. and give examples of how to achieve growth in both from my own personal experience and years as a womens heath advocate. Secondly I will discuss the strategies to increas communication and intimacy for couples and for personal increased self love and sexual happiness. This is an issue that I fear is never discussed and I have performed this presenation before and it was highly recommended. If there is a MD who would like to go over the anatomy of female genitalia and what is the damages of surgery,menopause and lack of sexual intercourse play on how the sex drice decreases and function declines and it is our duty to keep it up and health.