Re: Ok..Let's talk about night sweats please...

[Guest guest]

popsickles.......cold washcloth........ice..........patients.......this too

will pass........it will ease up as time goes by, some sooner than

others...........

healing hugs and prayers

carol from michigan

[Guest guest]

Mindy,

I don't have that problem but I know a lot of ladies ate an awful lot of

popsicles for hot flashes. I am sure some of the others will get back with you.

You are in my prayers.

Hugs

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Ok..Let's talk about night sweats please...

Hi all,

I have recently completed my chemo (6 session of Andriamycin and Taxotere

every 3 weeks) and had a double mastectomy on Aug 26th. The chemo put me

into menopause. Now I am having these incredible night sweats. Everytime I

move in bed I get them. They mostly happen at night when I am resting.

Soooooo is there anything I can do to reduce or relieve these flashes and am

I going to get them for ever after or will they eventually subside on their

own? This is really very annoying Are there any changes I should make

in my diet, ie: avoid certain foods, take supplements, etc. What has worked

or not worked for you? Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks for your continued support

Mindy

[Guest guest]

My hot flashes aka power surges stopped after about 6 months...but

here is the vitamin regimen that one of the ladies recommended. I

took these vitamins faithfully for the 6 months that I had the flashes.

" Here is the vitamin regimen that was recommended to some

of us by Shirley C. (she is a nurse)I took this faithfully when I

first started

taking Tamoxifen and I do believe it helped with the hot flashes.

Shirley's vitamin regimen

1000mg of vitamin C,

1000mg of E and 500 of B in the morning

and

1000 of E and 500 of B at night. "

I also kept the popsicle companies in business. Any time I got a

flash, I would reach in the freezer and take out a popsicle...I have

now eaten my way through every flavor they have. I especially love

the banana and fudge sticks! I think yours will go away too...just

give it a bit of time, keep a fan handy and lots of popsicles. doris

> Hi all,

>

> I have recently completed my chemo (6 session of Andriamycin and

Taxotere

[Guest guest]

Mindy

i had that the same way when i started chemo but it really got bad on me

after chemo with me on tamoxifen but it was change of life and i went

through it early do to chemo i had to have a fan on me at all times i kept

wet rags over my face all the time my face sometimes look like i was sunburn

what i do get my wash cloths and put them in ice cold water with ice in the

water and stick them on my face when the rag get cold i had another one

sitting in the ice water and put it and it lasted a while but girl it was

killing bc cells and that's all that matter to me so i took all those hot

flashes knew i was getting that old cancer out of me for good

cheryl

Ok..Let's talk about night sweats please...

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> I have recently completed my chemo (6 session of Andriamycin and

Taxotere

> every 3 weeks) and had a double mastectomy on Aug 26th. The chemo put

me

> into menopause. Now I am having these incredible night sweats.

Everytime I

> move in bed I get them. They mostly happen at night when I am resting.

> Soooooo is there anything I can do to reduce or relieve these flashes

and am

> I going to get them for ever after or will they eventually subside on

their

> own? This is really very annoying Are there any changes I should

make

> in my diet, ie: avoid certain foods, take supplements, etc. What has

worked

> or not worked for you? Any advise would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks for your continued support

>

> Mindy

>

>

[Guest guest]

In regards to your hot flashes, you might ask your doctor about

taking Effexor XR 75 mg. It does help some to control them. Of

course it is not as good as a hormone pill or even soy. But we do

what we have to do in order to survive. Good luck.

Jill

> popsickles.......cold

washcloth........ice..........patients.......this too

> will pass........it will ease up as time goes by, some sooner than

> others...........

>

> healing hugs and prayers

> carol from michigan

[Guest guest]

In regards to your hot flashes, I suffered from them for 4 years

after my mastectomy, I had tried the vitamins and they didn't work,

did not want to take effexor since it is a anti-deppresant, my system

doesn't tolerate them well, anywho, my obgyn finally put me on

Prometrium, it is a hormone (no estrogen) and it has worked wonders

for me, it took about 2 weeks of taking it before I noticed a

difference but I am now able to sleep through the night. I wish you

look in finding what works for you, I know how hard it can be having

the hot flashes. Take care *HUG*

Love

[Guest guest]

Mindy, if you are taking Tamoxifen...ask your doctor before switching

entirely to morning. My doctor said I should take it in the morning

and again at night so I was getting it spread out over the 24 hour

period. Not disputing Jeana...just check with your doctor so you know

what he wants you to do...and my problems went away withing 6 months

of starting the Tamoxifen.

> Mindy are you taking tamoxifen?? If you are and you are taking it at

night before bed, switch to in the morning. Sounds crazy but it worked

for me. And please take it at the same time, or close to the same time

every day.

> Good Luck

> Jeana

> who says go buy a case of popsicles lol

> Ok..Let's talk about night sweats please...

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> I have recently completed my chemo (6 session of Andriamycin and

Taxotere

> every 3 weeks) and had a double mastectomy on Aug 26th. The chemo

put me

> into menopause. Now I am having these incredible night sweats.

Everytime I

> move in bed I get them. They mostly happen at night when I am

resting.

> Soooooo is there anything I can do to reduce or relieve these

flashes and am

> I going to get them for ever after or will they eventually subside

on their

> own? This is really very annoying Are there any changes I

should make

> in my diet, ie: avoid certain foods, take supplements, etc. What

has worked

> or not worked for you? Any advise would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks for your continued support

>

> Mindy

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mindy,

I get the night sweats a lot myself. I found that if I keep a wet wash

cloth on my night stand and then wipe my face and neck when the sweats

start, I tend to relax and go back to sleep.

Aminah

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[Guest guest]

Gloria,

I don't have kids but I'm a kid at heart. I tried to keep up my sense of

humor throughout my breast cancer. For example, I have dentures and when

the doctor started explaining the side effects of the chemo such as hair

falling out and sores in the mouth I quipped " Hey, I can deal with a bald

head but a bald and and toothless I'll need a designer bag! "

Well my doctor and husband kept telling me that they thought I wasn't taking

my cancer seriously.

Let me tell you, I was taking it very seriously but humor helps you to not

take YOURSELF too seriously if you understand what I mean. I had cancer, I

had to do what had to be done so there was no sense in crying over much or

walking around like I was dead or dying. If you can find humor in a

situation, then you can handle it.

Keep on laughing.

Aminah

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Re: Re: Ok..Let's talk about night sweats please...

> Hi,

> This is kind of off subject, but I just love some

> of the things kids say. My kids now laugh when I say

> I am having a hot flash. Tonight, I was soooo cold,

> and put on an extra coat, in the house. My 7 year old

> looked at me and said, " Mom, are you having a cold

> flash? " They sure can make this cancer

> experience/journey more bearable...humor does

> wonders!!

> bye for now,

> Gloria

> --- Doris wrote:

> > My hot flashes aka power surges

>

> =====

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Cheryl,

You are hilarious...I wish you lived next door.

Yes, humor has helped me in many, many situations!!

Bye for now,

Gloria

--- tcbangels wrote:

> Gloria

> you have to make a humor of it or go crazy we had a

> lot of funny and cute

> things we do when i got my bc day i come home all my

> family was there for

> moral support even had a banner welcome home my 2

> big brothers help my

> husband get me out of the blazer i was in back with

> a mattress on it because

> my surgery was like 1 1/2 from home so they all get

> me in the house well i

> wanted to sit up for awhile everybody was in kitchen

> you could of heard a

> pin drop it was so quite none knew what to say my

> sister was making coffee i

> said sis i lied to you i said you finally was going

> to be bigger than me she

> wears a A cup i said well sis it goes like this my

> cut off breast is still

> bigger than your breast ,everybody crack up laughing

> my sis looks at me she

> said i knew it she wasn't going to get by without

> saying that and heh it

> broke the silence my big old brothers my big old

> bluchers brothers had tears

> in their eyes i look at them said heh i'm the baby i

> not leaving before yaw

> we all in this together through the long haul it was

> a pk we always made and

> everybody put their hands on top of each other i

> said i have to put my last

> kind of sore and i was scared very scared but i come

> through it with the

> love of my family and Gloria always keep that

> positive attitude i will make

> it lets kick some bc a------------ and kick it right

> out of our bodies love

> you guys

> cheryl

> Re: Re: Ok..Let's talk

> about night sweats please...

>

>

> > Hi,

> > This is kind of off subject, but I just love

> some

> > of the things kids say. My kids now laugh when I

> say

> > I am having a hot flash. Tonight, I was soooo

> cold,

> > and put on an extra coat, in the house. My 7 year

> old

> > looked at me and said, " Mom, are you having a cold

> > flash? " They sure can make this cancer

> > experience/journey more bearable...humor does

> > wonders!!

> > bye for now,

> > Gloria

> > --- Doris wrote:

> > > My hot flashes aka power surges

> >

> > =====

> >

> >

> >

> >