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Kristin Jackson

18 September 2024

20m 4s

Navigating Intimacy After Cancer

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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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