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Re: When do the hot flashes stop????!!
Finished Herceptin 11/2/11 and I am in my 4th month of Tamoxifen... hot flashes are slowing down a bit. I used to have them throughout the day and ALL NIGHT. Now I have maybe one a day and a couple a night. They also seem to be milder now... at work I can get away with turning my personal fan on me for a few minutes and at night, in bed, I just throw the blankets off of me until I get chilly.
The other day someone at work received a package and it was fleece sheet set - yes fleece, not flannel. Looking at them made me have a hot flash! Prior to BC I was always a snuggy type person, sweatpants and my favorite blanket on the couch... now, not so much.
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10/01/10 - Dx at age 44. Found lump after miscarrying & was told it was "probably a clogged milk duct" not so much:
stage II - invasive ductal carcinoma ER/PR+ HER2+
10/01/10 - BRCA test - Negative
11/3/10 -2.5cm tumor removed via lumpectomy, clear margins. sentinal node biopsy - nodes clear!
12/2/10 - port placement
12/2/10 to 3/17/11 - 6 rounds of taxotere, carboplatin & herceptin every 3rd week.
04/20/11 - 6/6/11 - 33 rounds of radiation
4/6/11 to 11/2/11 - 11 additional rounds of herceptin every 3rd week
7/15/11 - port removal
7/5/11 started my 5 year journey on Tamoxifen
9/4/11 -1 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
9/5/12 -2 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
8/29/12 - Started spotting after being in chemopause 1.5 years. Ultra sound detected 6cm ovary mass & very thick lining. YIKES! Taken off Tamoxifen
9/6/12 - Full abdominal hysterectomy. Pathology report came back clean... thank you baby Jesus!!
9/28/12 - Started Anastrozole
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