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You Are Not Broken

173. August Live Podcast - Lasers, How Estrogen Can Cause Harm, and More!

You Are Not Broken

Kelly Casperson, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

5743 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership Vaginal Lasers How a male can introduce my book to his female partner Unopposed Estrogen can cause harm Q&A from listeners: Genetic testing in 2017 and was positive for Lynch Syndrome. I was just diagnosed with uterine cancer yesterday. 43 years old and total hysterectomy in my very near future. Terrified about trying to get my hormone levels correct post surgery!! Any suggestions or recommendations? I’m a 38 y/old breast cancer survivor. I’m on estradiol, got all the fancy lubes, and now I’m curious about testosterone… People only seem to talk about estrogen for women, but my libido is nonexistent and penetrative sex is excruciating. Curious if testosterone also takes a hit while on hormone blocking meds post-cancer. I discuss this stuff with the oncologist but it feels trivial compared to the work they did to cure my cancer. However, my PCP won’t touch the hormone topic with me and defers to the oncologist because of my cancer history… thoughts/suggestions? I’ve gathered so much info from you about the estradiol cream and so much more than I got my gyn to prescribe the cream for me. I’d like to note that I am 59 and I have never had any problems with painful sex or any vaginal issues in the past. I applied the first dose both inside and a bit on the outside areas, it was fine with no noticeable changes. But 4 days later I applied the second dose, this time just inside and within a day or so I felt changes. My clitoral area was sensitive with discomfort and I experienced dryness in the outer labia like never before - not really painful but noticeable discomfort. I have not taken a third dose but I really want to be able to use this so I don’t shrivel up and go away LOL. I also was getting a few hot flashes and they really decreased after the first dose but are back now, although not as much. Is it possible that the discomfort will diminish after a while if I keep taking it? Would it be effective if I only applied it once weekly? I’m 58 and 2 years in menopause. I use an estrogen patch, progesterone, and a testosterone cream - thanks to you - but it’s not clear to me if my transdermal estrogen will protect the vulva from atrophy. Should I also be using an estrogen cream on my vulva in addition to my HRT regimen? I asked my doctor and she said creams for the vulva are only from lichen sclerosus, but that doesn’t sound right. Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life. Discount code for 20% off:NOTBROKEN Sales link: https://hellobonafide.com/notbroken --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are listening to You Are Not Broken, the only podcast that combines science, medicine, and psychology to re-educate your brain and help you live your best love life. And I'm your host, board-certified female urologist, Dr. Kelly Casperson.

0:18.5

Hey, everybody. Thanks for coming to the live August podcast recording. I am your gracious host,

0:24.5

Dr. Kelly Casperson, board certified in urology and passionate adult sex educator, menopause expert,

0:32.7

feisty, gen ex-woman, coffee lover. That's me. So these live podcast recordings now, the members who are in the

0:42.4

private podcast membership get access to come on live, ask your questions, get coached.

0:47.3

And the other thing I do in the live podcast is I talk about topics that have come up,

0:52.4

things that I'm seeing, repeated over and over,

0:54.3

and then, of course, the questions that you guys leave in on Instagram.

0:59.1

As a note, this is for educational and entertainment purposes only.

1:03.3

I am usually not your medical doctor.

1:05.5

And even if I am, I'm not giving you medical advice over podcasts or Instagram.

1:10.1

Don't do it.

1:10.7

It's not allowed. Don't do it. It's not allowed.

1:11.5

Don't want to.

1:12.8

I think there's a big difference because I think a lot of doctors shy away from

1:17.6

sharing any information because we don't want to get in trouble for giving medical advice,

1:23.2

right, over social media.

1:25.1

And that's cool.

1:25.9

That's fine.

1:26.6

But what I think a lot of doctors don't realize is like we have a lot of information

1:30.4

and access to a lot of information.

1:32.3

And simply sharing education and facts is not giving individualized medical advice.

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