Dating After Diagnosis: Awkward, Honest, and Sometimes Amazing

Navigating intimacy, vulnerability, and ghosting

No matter what age you are at a cancer diagnosis, if you are single and trying to navigate the already difficult dating world, adding ex-cancer patient to your laundry list of baggage, can be excruciatingly hard.

I remember crying to all of my doctors during treatment about the side effects of Lupron. No sex drive, a Sahara desert for a vagina, emotional instability, weight gain, AND the fact that I was 32 and in medical menopause. Are you kidding me???

Albeit my doctors managed to walk me off a cliff every. single. time. I still couldn’t believe that was my life.

How do I date? How do I act like a normal person in society when I’m not a normal person in society? How do I even come close to finding a partner who will accept my amputated boobs, low libido and feeling like reaching climax might be as tough as climbing Mt. Everest? Fuck.

The answer is….welp, I don’t have an answer but I sure as hell am trying to figure it out.

I’ve been dating and navigating the tough conversations, vulnerable intimate moments and really trying to love myself first. Am I perfect? Hell no. But I’m sharing a bit of my experience with you in hopes that it may also help you.

Some of this stuff I don’t want to share on socials (because my conservative parents follow me) so instead, I’m sharing with my paid subscribers. See you below.