Exercise, rest, warm baths, and changing the position or timing of sexual activity can be helpful. The good news is that most people do return to the kind of sex life they enjoyed before having surgery. Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the womb. Performed correctly, a hysterectomy does not hurt sexual functioning. If a hysterectomy seems to take away from your ability to enjoy sex, a counselor can be helpful.
Mastectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of a woman's breast.
Although her body is as capable of sexual response as ever, a woman may lose her sexual desire or her sense of being desired. Sometimes it is useful to talk with other women who have had a mastectomy. Check your phone book for the local ACS listing. Prostatectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate. Sometimes a prostatectomy needs to be done because of an enlarged prostate.