I CAN’T HAVE SEX WITH MY HUSBAND
As I stood in the kitchen of the care home where I worked as a cook, I tried my best to concentrate on slicing the vegetables and stirring the sauce, or listening to my colleagues natter away. But my mind was completely distracted – all I could think about was the unbearable itching between my legs.
It was December 2018 and the discomfort had started a few weeks earlier. Assuming it was thrush, which I had suffered from when I was pregnant with my first son 20 years earlier, I had bought some over-the-counter creams. I was willing to try anything to stop the itching,
