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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 26

Posted on: Mar 31, 2008 09:57 am

windsor wrote:

Is there a difference between hot flashes from normal menopuase than hot flashes you get due to chemo that puts you into menopause. Does that make sense?

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phoenix54 Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 526	Log in to post a reply Mar 31, 2008 11:32 pm phoenix54 wrote: hi Windsor i don't know the answer to that but i am sure somone will be along who does. my dr said seemed to differentiate between hot flashes and "flushes" . one builds up from the inside out - i think it was the flush. mine seem to just affect the torso and face and arms - waist up. i timed it and they take about 3 0 - 60 seconds to start and about 3 - 4 minutes in length Dx 8/7/2005, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/11 nodes, ER+
Pauline3837… Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 776	Log in to post a reply Apr 17, 2008 11:25 am Pauline3837 wrote: Hi Windsor, If your handle has anything to do with where you live, I too live in Windsor. I'm a 5 year survivor. Prior to dx, I was post menopausal and suffered from severe hot flashes and night sweats and was taking Hormone Replacements. (which I believe caused my cancer) After chemo, rads and arimidex, I still suffer from hot flashes. They are one and the same before and after chemo.... and they feel like heat building from the inside out and and any moment I'm going to spontaniously cumbust. hahaha. Thankfully they pass quick enough. Good luck to you....keep ice cold water close by, a window open in Winter or the air conditioning as cold as you can get it in the bedroom in summer. (My husband complains that our bedroom is as cold as a cold storage locker) They are not fun Pauline3837 Dx 2/23/2003, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIIa, Grade 2, 5/10 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
windsor Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 26	Log in to post a reply Apr 17, 2008 01:55 pm windsor wrote: Thanks Pauline. I do live in Windsor. I was diagnosed in Feb 2007, surgery March and finished my chemo in July2007. I was pre menopausal but was put into menopause with the chemo. I was on tamoxifen from Aug 2007 till Mar 2008 and then my dictor switched me to aromasin. She thinks I may already have been into menopause. I am taking gabapentin for my hot flashes but it is not really working for me very well. The nights are the worse. I find it really hard when I am working and I start to sweat . I am just tired of it and I am at my wits end. Do you take anything for your hot flashes or have you tried anything? I do find that keeping my house cold really helps .
Tigwin Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 222	Log in to post a reply Apr 17, 2008 02:01 pm Tigwin wrote: Windsor..why do you take gabapentin for hot flashes? Isn't that a pain medication?

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