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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ranjana Srivastava

My patient’s cancer was curable but for years she endured painful sex. This story is all too familiar

A woman photographed from behind sitting on her bed and looking out of a window
Why is it that a patient’s cancer can be labelled as curable but their sexual problems are considered incurable? Photograph: Boy_Anupong/Getty Images

It is not often that a cancer patient promises to regale her oncologist with “wild stories about my sexual adventures”, but this might just be my favourite promise of late, both for the exuberant proclamation and the prolonged heartache that preceded it.

The first part of the story is all too familiar.

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