@sdvilligan Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. As you can see, there are few questions that are inappropriate.

Treatment for different cancers, and the wide variety of treatments done these days, can certainly have a range of side effects. May I relate it from my perspective? I deal with a blood cancer that is incurable. I have been on treatment since Aug 2021. In addition to that I have end stage kidney disease, and am on daily dialysis since Aug 2022. My husband and I have been married since April 2018. So, we are not "long timers" in our relationship. For us, intimacy has certainly taken a new meaning, basically because I do not have the emotional or mental bandwidth to participate in intercourse. So, we focus more on loving actions, or snuggling. Truthfully, for him, it is a poor substitute, but it is what I can do. Beyond the physical, remember to take into consideration the mental and emotional aspects of your relationship.

Bless you on your journey.
Ginger