16/05/2026
Nobody told me not to read the forum horror stories.
I spent weeks down rabbit holes of compromised vaginal cuffs, infections, women describing themselves as dried up like prunes, and pain that made the whole thing sound like a life sentence.
None of that was my reality.
But nobody told me that either.
Here's what I wish someone had said before I went in:
Nobody told me I'd feel turned on only weeks after surgery.
Genuinely surprised? Probably not if you know me. But I had been so conditioned to expect numbness, loss, and diminishment that the return of desire caught me completely off guard. It's real. It comes back. For some women it comes back faster and stronger than before.
Nobody told me I'd ask my partner a thousand times if it still felt normal.
I did. Because the anxiety of not knowing was louder than anything else. And the answer, every time, was yes.
Nobody told me I'd be peeing in the shower.
My pelvis needed to learn how to relax again post-surgery. Running warm water was the only thing that helped it release. Not glamorous. Completely normal.
Should be in the discharge paperwork.
Nobody told me I'd be that desperate for sensation.
The body wants to know she's still there. Still capable. Still hers. I found creative ways to check in with her. Unapologetically.
Nobody told me the answer to almost everything post-surgery is breath.
My pelvic physio this week, first appointment since the hysterectomy, spent 45 minutes linking everything back to one thing. Exhale into the release. Soften. Let go. Stop bracing against a threat that has already passed.
The body is protecting herself. And she just needs to be reminded slowly, with breath, with permission, that it's safe to open again.
And nobody told me how many women come out the other side saying their intimate life got better.
I can see why now. I feel it.
The map changed. She didn't disappear.
If you're in recovery and you've been surviving on forum horror stories and clinical discharge instructions,
this is your permission to expect something different.
Free webinar June 3rd — The Pleasure Map. Link in bio.