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There is no doubt that resuming sexual activity after cancer is stressful. Dr. Carl Simonton, who works with patients and couples dealing with cancer, says that sexual readjustment rates 39 out of 100 on the stress scale. It produces more than half the stress of going through a divorce and close to that of getting fired. So resuming your sex life takes work. It is worth remembering, though, that people who make love are happier, and live longer, than people who don’t.

If you are lucky enough to not experience sexual side effects from cancer treatment, you may still find that many sections of this book can help you improve your love life. If you are experiencing sexual difficulties, we hope to provide you with information, thoughts, and tools that will help you navigate the path to recovering the important part of yourself that is a sexual being, and a satisfying physical relationship with the one you love.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing sexual dysfunction after cancer treatment. You may be young, middle-aged or older; have children or not; have a partner who is supportive or one who does not know how to be supportive; you may not have a partner; you may be sexually conservative, adventurous, or somewhere in the middle. However your situation can be described, we want you to know that there is a path for you and that it is certainly worth the effort - because good loving is the physical expression of emotional intimacy, and there are few humans who do not want or need emotional intimacy.