I Have Hot Flashes


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I'm On Fire!

I have hot flashes and at times feel like I could heat up the whole world!  I had breast cancer, started taking Tomaxifen, then quit...

I Give Up

Thought I could handle it - I can't Thought I could deal with them - I couldn't Thought if I just held on they'd go away - they're not doing...

Sigh

Having been fortunate enough not to have had symptoms of pre-menstrual tension, I was all set to sail through the menopause in the...

WHEW! Who's Playing With My Thermostat!

Just going along doing anything really, being anywhere. Anytime of the day or night, I even wake up from a nice sleep with this and sweating...

I Want Them to Stop

 I am a 38 year old female with a problem.  Six years ago I had a full hysterectomy due to stage 4 endometriosis. Both ovaries...

Darn-Hot Flash!

Oh My gosh....Here I am on EP and having a darn hot flash!!!  Grabs a tissue and dabs the sweat off my face and neck!!

...its Getting Hot In Here

I guess being overweight does it
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These snippets show some of the most common themes mentioned in this experience's stories:
  • "I've been prescribed different hormone replacement drugs, but none of them alleviated my hot flash symptoms at all..."
  • "Of course, the minute I recovered from surgery I was accosted by horrible night sweats and daily hot flashes..."
  • "A year ago I finally gave up with hormone replacement not wanting to continue with a drug that might possibly lead to breast cancer, and wasn't effective anyway About the same time I went off HR, I was diagnosed with papillary cancer and had my thyroid removed along with some lymph nodes..."
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Statistics:

35% of people who have this experience are in their forties, 30% are in their fifties, and 15% are in their thirties. 93% of people who have this experience are women.

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