Dr J breaks down barriers to help you embrace the journey to reclaiming sexual health after cancer treatment! Join in as I navigate the often uncharted waters of post-cancer intimacy. In this episode, I'll explore the types of sexual changes experienced after cancer treatment as well as many of the treatment options that they may not be recommended by your surgeon or oncologist! Listen today to learn about:

 

The types of sexual changes that can occur after cancer treatment and how they affect women

The differences in addressing male vs female sexual health concerns post-cancer treatment

The lack of physicians' formal training in female sexual health and the resulting reluctance to offer solutions

The challenges of vaginal dryness, loss of libido, and pain with intercourse after cancer treatment, along with effective solutions and treatments

The use of testosterone in breast cancer patients and its impact on sexual wellness

 

Key moments in this episode are:

01:41 Types of sexual changes after cancer treatment

04:54 The difference in addressing male vs female sexual health after cancer treatment

06:45 Physicians' formal training in female sexual health

07:26 The reluctance to offer solutions

09:27 Vaginal dryness after cancer treatment and solutions

12:16 Loss of libido after cancer treatment and solutions

14:37 Testosterone use in breast cancer patients

17:29 Pain with intercourse after cancer treatment and solutions

 

See the study where testosterone pellets REDUCED the risk of breast cancer: https://breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/bcr2413

 

Another study showing the benefits of testosterone in reducing breast cancer: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378512213002545

 

39% lower incidence (!) of invasive breast cancer in women using testosterone pellets: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6457-8

 

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