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Harvey1903
8 years agoMember
Hot flushes
Hi there - for the last two years during and after menopause I have had the worst hot flushes at night. Cover on cover off all night, even to having a towel with me. BUT since the two DCIS's have been removed - nothing! zippo. Even my brain has had the fog lift, no PMS'y feelings. Has anyone else noticed that? have looked it up but couldn't find anything, if at all its been the other way.
Julie.
Julie.
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- kezmuscMemberNice work! You'll love it.
- kmakmMember@kezmusc Hope so. Got a towel for $4.50! Should arrive this week.
- kezmuscMember@kmakm. If you have no luck just remind me sometime before Thursday and I'll grab one for you. My flushes got intermittent like that for months. One day only a few, the next day a dozen. Then they settled a bit more and didn't happen as frequently. Right now there's only a few minor ones through the day, and a couple at night time. So fingers crossed that's where it's heading for you. xoxo
- kmakmMember@kezmusc I have not been able to find one of those towels in the shops but I've got an offer in for one on Ebay!
Yesterday I thought they were getting better. I didn't have too many and they weren't too strong. So far today I've had 14 ffs... I don't get it. :# - kmakmMemberThank you @kezmusc & @Afraser, I'll let you know. :)
- kezmuscMemberIf you can't track it down I think that store is still at my local shops so can grab one for you.
- kezmuscMember
- AfraserMember@kmakm
If you get stuck, I noticed that the chemist near work in the city has one (different brand to the photograph though) - happy to buy and send! - kmakmMemberYes, big time @kezmusc. So maybe by mid-year I could hope they'll ease up a bit. That would be really nice.
No, I haven't tracked down the cool towel yet. Can you post the photo again so I can remember the brand? The kids have gone back to school today so I've got a bit more time. The sort of thing a Chemist Warehouse might have? - kezmuscMemberSux huh @Kmakm. Did you get hold of that cold towel? If you wet it and put it in the freezer for a minute or so it goes ice cold. I lay it accross my back with the fan on when I go to bed. The fan keeps cooling the top of it so you can turn it over the next time you heat up and it will be cold again. If I get a bad one I wrap a bit of ice in it and put it around my neck. It really does take the wind of the flush.
I also used to keep a can of dove deodorant next to the bed and spray my back and chest as soon as I felt it coming. Stops that ghastly sweaty feeling.
Different drug I know, but mine lost their nuclear power after about 10 months on the drug so 17 months all up from when they started on chemo. This was after my second break though and I do believe that's what helped it mostly. They are still there when I am on it but nowhere near what they were or as many.
The joys huh?