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. Men who feel their partners are less feminine after a hysterectomy can also be helped by counseling.
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. Reach to Recovery can be helpful for both women and men. Check your phone book for the local ACS listing. Prostatectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate.