Hot Flushes
As some one who had Triple Negative BC last year, I have been thrown into Menopause and Hot Flushes have fast become my enemy. I have spoken to my surgeon about it. My doctor wrote a script for Eff...
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I'm in the same situation as you. I'm doing radiation at the moment (2 weeks to go) and the hot flushes are horrendous. We are currently waiting to see whether or not I have actually gone into menopause or not, apparently it will take about 3 months after the last chemo to see if it all falls back into place by itself.
My oncologist suggested a few different things to me, one being the ant-depressant, but also 2 other "natural" type ones that I will get the name of tomorrow when I'm there, I forgot already. She said there has also been proven results with acupuncture in about 80% of women who tried it, I haven't looked into this further because of my fear of needles, but I might just get up the nerve as I'm pretty over taking pills.
It's worse for me with wine also, and worse at night. So far I've been coping by:
1. Swanning around naked as much as is socially acceptable ie. at home
2. Keeping a few beanies and tea towels in the freezer so I can grab them out at night to cool down
3. Carrying a water bottle and fan around with me, and wearing layers
4. Warming the bedroom before bed - seems stupid, but I find that the hotter the weather, the fewer hot flushes I have. When I was in darwin for a week, I didn't have a single one - the weather was 33 each day.
I'll find out what those drugs were and reply again. We'll get there!