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5-6 years since diagnosis
Interview OV29  

Interview OV29

Age at Interview: 65
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 59
Background: Book keeper, married, two adult children.
Brief outline:Ovarian cancer diagnosed in 1998 following a vaginal discharge and bleeding. Treated by surgical removal of ovaries (previously hysterectomised) followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.


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Had no sex since her illness due to a total loss of interest in it, and her husband was supportive.

 



Given that you'd already had a hysterectomy years before you had your ovaries out, it probably didn't, the extra surgery probably didn't have an effect on your sex life or anything?

No it didn't, but I did find that after the chemo, even now, my body's just gone dead. And they did say that does happen sometimes. But my husband is very good, very patient and I find it even now sort of there's just nothing there. So we're just sort of very, very, very good friends now. I did mention it to the doctor and he says it does happen sometimes to people or you can get therapy treatment and he said 'do you want it or are you quite happy as things are?' So I said 'well, I'm quite happy as things are but I don't know about my husband'. And I spoke to him about it and he said 'well, I've got you, that's all that counts.' So we just plod on.
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