Pre-sad about post-hysterectomy sex

I’m having a hysterectomy in 6 months to prevent cervical cancer. It’s not a treatment option I’m happy about, but it does seem to be the smart one. I’m so profoundly sad, though, about losing my cervix, which is a source of a lot of sexual pleasure for me and internal orgasm, and just the prospect of sexual dysfunction.

I’m 43, and I feel like I didn’t hit my stride sexually until like 38, so this feels particularly tragic to me.

And I’m mad because I missed out on the HPV vaccine and maybe I wouldn’t have if the medical industry had prioritized HPV vaccines over Viagra.

That’s a big feelings dump. I invite you all to dump in return.

EDIT: If you comment by sharing your experience with sex, can you please say whether you had a painful condition pre-hysterectomy?