Pleasure After Cancer & Chronic Illness Diagnosis — featuring Ebonie Michelle, MPH
What happens to desire, intimacy, and pleasure when your body has been through cancer or chronic illness? In this episode of Viva La Vulva, Dr. Cara Quant sits down with Ebonie Michelle, founder of Prowl The Lab, for an honest, tender conversation about reclaiming sexual identity after diagnosis and treatment. From navigating body shame and altered body image to the physical realities of vaginal dryness, pain, and loss of sensation, Ebonie brings both expertise and heart to a topic too often left out of the exam room.
Whether you're a patient rebuilding your relationship with your own body, a partner learning how to show up differently, or a clinician wanting to open the door to these conversations without overstepping, this episode offers real tools and radical permission. Because pleasure isn't something you have to earn back — it's something you're always worthy of. Tune in for a conversation that centers healing, connection, and the unshakable truth that illness doesn't disqualify you from desire.
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