WHEN her husband was diagnosed with incurable cancer, Stacey Heale had expected to feel intense sadness and limitless love.
But the emotions that hit the mum of two were unexpected, surprising and, at times, even unspeakable.
They included a furious anger, a sense of being a stranger in her own bed — and a reigniting of her desire for sex.
“I was really shocked by the feelings I had,” says Stacey, 44. “I had this sudden libido. I felt like a horny teenager after years of any pleasure being drained away due to the medicalisation of our lives.
“It took me by surprise but came from a place of survival that is certainly not rational. It was my brain’s bizarre way of trying to …