@angik, seeing that you are a Mayo Clinic patient, you may also wish to ask about speaking with someone about intimacy after cancer. See this blog written by Dr. Jennifer Vencill, Ph.D., L.P., a psychologist and certified sex therapist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where she describes cancer’s impact on sex and sexuality:
- How cancer can affect sexual health https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/cancer-education-center/newsfeed-post/how-cancer-can-affect-sexual-health/

For anyone not treating at Mayo Clinic, many cancer centers include oncology social workers or sex therapists who specialize in working with cancer patients and their partners to navigate sexuality, intimacy and life with and after cancer. You're not alone.

Here is another discussion that brings up related issues of learning to accept the body changes:
- Body Image after mastectomy and reconstructive surgeries https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/body-image-after-mastectomy-and-reconstructive-surgeries/

@angik, thank you for bringing up this topic that is often top of mind and not discussed.