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March 2015 | Issue 5.2 | OutBoise.com
“I started writing letters and
a group of about 60 doctors on
reaching out to the medi-
sexual issues in health care. “I do
cal community, telling them I
a lot of work with cancer. I get a
thought I could be a resource
lot of referrals from MSTI because
for them. They’re obviously the
a lot of cancer treatment can
‘primary’ care, but I’m in ‘after-
really throw off that production
care.’ And just because some-
of estrogen. Throws women into
thing doesn’t come down the
menopause. Female lubrication
pharmaceutical chain doesn’t
is a function of estrogen. Men
mean it can’t be medically help-
might experience blood flow
ful. I can work with the manu-
issues from things like cancer
facturers, I have lot of different
treatment or diabetes that result
resources I work with. And it took
in erectile dysfunction, too. I
a long time, but one day, a doc-
appreciate that, when they try
tor called me up in search of a
these more holistic methods for
product. He’d say ‘This is what
treating [their sexual function]
I need for this patient,’ and so
than more medical alternatives.
I’d tell him to give me some time
It might be a little slower...” but
to go find it, and I’d present him
it’s also undoubtedly more fun.
with a few different options, and
then he’d choose. Definitely a
Caryn’s expertise isn’t all
doctor who was thinking outside
clinical in nature and she most
of the box.”
certainly doesn’t disregard the
pure fact that sex is fun and
Men and women alike have
makes you happy. I asked her if
wouldn’t be a great world to
live in… at least I wouldn’t think
so. It’s a great pleasure and a
healthy biological function, so
why shouldn’t we enjoy it like a
decadent piece of chocolate or
a warm blanket or anything else
been referred to her from sev-
she thought sex affected more
eral medical specialties, like MSTI