Navigating Sex and Intimacy After Cancer With Humor and Honesty
About this episode
Dr. Brad Miller and Deb Krier discuss the challenges of sex and intimacy after cancer, sharing personal stories and insights with humor and honesty.
On this episode of the Cancer and Comedy Podcast, Dr. Brad Miller and Deb Krier open up about a topic that almost never makes it into the exam room—but lives in the bedroom, the bathroom, and the mirror: What happens to sex, intimacy, and feeling “like a man” or “like a woman” after cancer? Speaking from their own stories—Brad as a prostate cancer survivor and Deb as a breast cancer survivor—they have a candid, funny, and deeply compassionate conversation about living in a changed body, navigating desire, and redefining closeness when spontaneity, sensation, and confidence all get shaken. In this honest, tender, and laugh‑out‑loud real conversation, Brad and Deb share: Walking through prostate cancer and its impact on masculinity, erections, continence, and self-worth Choosing a double mastectomy with no reconstruction—and what everyday life is like living “flat” Grieving the loss of sensation, spontaneity, and the familiar body you once knew Navigating pumps, injections, and implants as real—but far from glamorous—options for intimacy Managing prosthetics and “knitted knockers” and the awkward logistics of putting boobs on (and taking them off) Shifting roles from patient and…
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