9News’ Buddy Check featured Dr. Guntupalli and Anne Shelley, a patient who overcame intimacy issues related to treatment
Dr. Saketh Guntupalli and Anne Shelley, ovarian cancer survivor, helped increase awareness about ovarian cancer by talking with 9News.
“The signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer are very nondescript. So they are things like abdominal pain, bloating, feeling like you are just not right, or like your clothes are fitting tighter, nonspecific nausea or vomiting. All of those symptoms are very nonspecific but they do portend and raise questions about the possibility of having ovarian cancer,” says Dr. Guntupalli.
For women who are having these very nonspecific symptoms and are in their late 50s or early 60s, it is very important to advocate for themselves, talk to their doctor, talk to their friends in order to get some form of investigation going.
Dr. Guntupalli and Shelley also talked about the impact cancer treatment has on a woman’s intimate relationships and the resource that is now available for those impacted. Dr. Guntuapalli recently wrote a book, Sex and Cancer, to help his patients and women all over the world overcome the sexual issues that are often a result of cancer treatment.
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