How to enjoy my sex life again?

Six months is early days.  A cervical cancer diagnosis and treatment is a huge thing to go through both mentally and physically.  Everyone is a bit different in terms of what treatment we go through  and how we cope with the aftermath.  There's no right or wrong way but the way that works for you.  I think it's important not to put yourself under pressure by trying to live up to how you expect things should turn out.  Be patient and kind to yourself and adjust to the new norm in your own time. 

It took me over a year to rekindle any sort of interest in sex and even then it was a tentative and slow process;  for me  it can't be exactly how it used to be on a physical level (I'm OK with that) but I think a lot of our sexuality is in our mind and that needs to heal also.  I did benefit from some professional help - I was referred to a women's health physiotherapist and a psychosexual counsellor both of whom helped me in different ways. 

I've had to deal with profound post treatment bladder problems and lymphoedema which troubled me so much that I just couldn't be bothered about sexuality but to my surprise it just bubbled up to the surface one day. Easy to say but try and take things as they come and not worry about it  - going on my own experience I think you need to generally heal more before your sexuality can start to re-emerge.  

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