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Lillian67
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9 years ago

Hot flushes!

i have been feeling crap the last few days and I finally realised I'm having hot flushes. I start burning, cold sweat on my head and then I get dizzy. It's been almost constant today, as soon as I start moving.
anythinv that can be done? Or is this just one of those learn to live with it things?

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  • InkPetal's avatar
    InkPetal
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    9 years ago
    I sometimes wish that my hot flushes would take human form so I could slap them over the face soap opera style. *backhand* How DARE you.
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    InkPetal
    Member
    9 years ago
    They DRIVE ME CRAZY. I posted this asking for help on them in September last year and yep, still sticking my foot out at night, carrying a fan, taking sips of iced water, and trying to say no to coffee.

    Honestly though, the best thing I've found to make them calm down is dip my head in cold water. I'm keeping short hair for as long as the hot flushed last just so I can stick my head in the sink. Not kidding.
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    melclarity
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    9 years ago
    Lillian, my hot flushes started in Chemo well before I started Arimidex, it was being thrown into a very abrupt unnatural menopause. You do get used to it, though its incredibly annoying. I too wear a few layers so can strip down. Hugs Melinda xo
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    Zoffiel
    Member
    9 years ago

    I used to joke that sweat was fat crying. That was when I was intending to sweat and went to considerable efforts to make it happen.

    I tried, for a while, to apply the same rationale to the dreaded hot flushes... No. I can sweat my way through two sets of sheets a night and still get out of bed heavier than I got in. There really is no justice in this world.

    I suggest taking every item of clothing you own out of the drawers/cupboards and draping it around the house so you will, at any moment, be close to a garment that will suit your internal temperature. Be warned, the thermostat can kick in and out in seconds so whatever you take off, or put on, will be wrong, wrong, wrong immediately.

    If you are having hot flushes at work you will need to apply the same principle. Your colleagues can learn to work in an environment that resembles an op shop that has been ravaged by a bus load of half cut CWA ladies. Marg

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    TonyaM
    Member
    9 years ago
    Hi Lillian, hot flushes can be debilitating.I'd keep hand fans all over the house and one in my handbag- a small cold bottle of water in my handbag as well.I'd sleep with a small desk fan blowing on my face all night. In the end I took a very low dose antidepressant called Endep 10mg and that really helped(I was on Tamoxifen) Let your oncologist know if your meds are making you miserable.
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    nikkid
    Member
    9 years ago
    Hey Lillian, I find it helps to wear light layered clothing (so you can take off a layer as you heat up!); drink lots of water; have a cool compress/face washer on hand; use a hand held fan.

    You do get used to it  :)