Hi there I'm new to the forum, have been loitering but not posting. I finished chemo followed by radiotherapy last April. I had been on HRT before I was diagnosed and felt brilliant, of course I had to stop that the day I was diagnosed. I take Tamoxifen, and I too have experienced the narrowed vagina and general drying out down there. 😞 I researched everywhere for an answer. In the end I saw my doctor, who wanted to dismiss the problem as vaginismus and send me on my way. But I insisted I see a specialist, and she referred me, albeit it reluctantly. I'm pleased to say that I saw the specialist a couple of weeks ago and he suggested one of two options. Firstly the dildo stretching exercise, but I'm 53 and I've not been able to have penetrative sex for two years, he said that was long enough, so we decided on the second option of surgery. On April 5th I go to have Fenton's Procedure, to widen the entrance of my vagina. He said I've every right to a sex life, even if it's only a couple of times a year (the Tamoxifen makes sure I don't fancy it often). I just wanted to let people know that that there are options out there, and breast cancer doesn't need to be the end of our sex lives. Deb
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