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06-19-2016, 05:04 AM
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night sweats
Hello,
has anyone ever experienced night sweats? I've had them on and off before my cancer, and over the past few years. This past week, as the weather is getting hotter, its been brutal. Every night. I'm scared about progression. Thanks for your input.
Dx Stage IV Her +, April 2015 with collapsed lung-mets to lung, liver, questionable bone, and some nodes
Chest tube placed to relieve 5 liters of fluid in right lung
1 round of cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin until tumor biopsy confirmed Her2+
May 2015-began taxol/herceptin/perjeta
chest tube removed
3 lung taps to remove continued fluid problem and shortness of breath
September 2015- plural tube placed in lung
Continued with taxol/herceptin/perjeta
Scans slowly improved
December 2015-discontinue Taxol due to increased neuropathy in feet and hands
February 2016-plorax drain removed, fluid issue resolved. Bottom of right lung remains collapsed, but feels ok.
Continuing on herceptin/perjeta
(lost 5 year old daughter to neuroblastoma in 2011 after a 2.5 year battle)
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06-19-2016, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: 'Burbs of Atlanta, GA
Posts: 172
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Re: night sweats
Yes, I have night sweats every night. I am now on armidex and I take it right before I got to bed, about an hour after taking the armidex, I am burning up. We sleep with the air conditioner down so low, it is like being in a refrigerator. Through the years, I have just learned to tolerate it.
I do take effexor xr which was prescribed by my GYN for insomia and hot flashes. It helps quiet a bit.
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[FONT=Tahoma] Dx 12/14/2012, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 4/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+[SIZE=2][COLOR=Blue]
Surgery 12/28/2012 Lumpectomy (Right); Lymph Node Removal: Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (Right)
Chemotherapy 02/06/2013
Herceptin, Carboplatin, Taxotere Started 6 rounds on 02/06/2013 Herceptin
Finished chemo - May 22, 2013
Radiation Therapy 06/12/2013 - 36X External
TM Marker - 13 October, 2013
TM Marker - 15 November, 2013
Annual Mammagram - 3D - Both Breast - CLEAR!!!
Colonscopy - 1st-Clear - November 18, 2013
CT Scan-Results-Clear - November 27, 2013
BC Diagnosis-1 Year - December 14, 2013
TM - holding steady at 15 - December 24, 2014
TM - 24.2 - January 12
Herceptin Treatment - Last One-February 4, 2014!!!
TM - 3.7 - February 4, 2014
MRI & CT - February 21, 2014 - All Clear
NED - and my doctor said - "well, it looks like you are NED - your MRI and CT are clear - Febuary 25, 2014
TM - 18.2 - February 21, 2014
Port Removed - Scheduled for Wed, March 19, 2014
Port Removed - Yeah!!! I feel lighter already!!!
TM - 15.3 - March 25, 2014
Diagnostic 3D Mammogram - Rt Breast - All Clear!!! - Tuesday, May 13, 2014
TM-15.5 - June 25, 2014
Diagnostic 3D Mammogram - Nov. 2014 All Clear!!!
Diagnostic 3D Mammogram-Rt Only-May,2015-All Clear!!!
Diagnostic 3D Mammo-Annual-Nov 2015-Right Clear!!! - Left Breast-found 5 mm CYST. Aspirated - all clear!!
TM - Nov 2015 - 18.2
NED-December, 2015 - 3 Years NED!!!
TM-Feb 2016 - 13.7
TM-June 2016 - 13.3
TM-Oct 2016-10.0
Annual 3D Mammo-Nov, 2016-All Clear!!!
Annual Mammogram - November 2017 - ALL CLEAR. i AM 5 (YES) YEARS OUT!!!
NED - 10 Years Out!! - December, 2022
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06-19-2016, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: San Diego
Posts: 411
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Re: night sweats
I get night sweats and hot flashes during the day. At first I just toughed it out but I was having them so often that I was pretty miserable. My doc wrote me a RX for Paroxetine. I take 10 mg each night and it has really helped! It is safe to take even if your cancer was ER+. Might want to give it a try.
Take Care,
Brenda
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8/2013 Diagnosed IDC Left Breast ER-/PR-/HER2+ Stage 3C, DCIS ER+/PR+/HER2- Right Breast (54 yr)
8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
8/20/13 Begin 6 rounds TCH chemo, Perjeta added for rounds 4-6
9/2013 After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
12/2013 Finished chemo
1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
6/2015 3D nipple and areola tattoos
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06-19-2016, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ireland
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Re: night sweats
If you're taking steroids that could account for the sweats as I had them all the time during chemo,I've heard many people find the Chillow helps so try googling it and be sure to have cotton sheets.
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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06-19-2016, 02:22 PM
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Re: night sweats
Thanks everyone, Im not taking steroids, and I have gotten one period since diagnosis, so I'm not in menopause yet. I just don't know whats causing it .
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06-19-2016, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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Re: night sweats
And Im currently on antibodies, no chemo
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06-21-2016, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: El Paso ,Tx
Posts: 436
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Re: night sweats
I had the sweats during chemo, they have since decreased I usually get them at night.
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 dx: DCIS 6/8/10, HER 2+ 7/26/10; Stage I Age 41
Double mast w reconstruction
6 TCH w 1yr herceptin
Tamox.
25 radiation tx
Removal of expander on L due to infection. Tried to save it had 3 bouts of antibiotics and went to see plastic surgeon 2-3x wk to get drained. Saving it was my idea not his. But lost it anyway.
Reconstruction set for December 21st,2011
Finished chemo 12/2010
Finished Herceptin 8/26/11
Reconstruction 12/21/11
Expanders exchanged for silicon 3/19/12
Nipple reconstruction 5/18/12
Nipple tatooing- 7/9/12- All done yay!
11/22/12-Went back to get scar tissue stretched to even the outside of breast, didn't work due to it being radiated skin.
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06-24-2016, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 285
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Re: night sweats
Hi,
It too am HER2+/HR- and not on anti-hormonals. I had night sweats before cancer and since. I got my period back after chemo.
My Chinese Medicine diagnosis of the night sweats says that it is due to kidney qi deficiency, more specifically kidney yin. It was suggested to me by a different practitioner that perhaps I might just be overheated at night, which isn't an unreasonable suggestion. The other side of that is that I'm often cold at bedtime and cover up well, cold feet and all, then a few hours later I might be awoken to a night sweat. They aren't consistent for me, not even how much I sweat, rarely is it so bad that I need to change clothing during the night.
http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/exam/in...ht_sweats.html
Perhaps totally out there for you, but in Chinese Five Element there is also a 24 hour clock that associates different organ systems with times during the day. You might be able to figure out which of your organs are unhappy when the night sweats happen -- for me it is usually during the time of the liver and gall bladder, 1-3am.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/192951165262228619/
My sweat lately at night has been quite stinky as well. My Chinese Medicine doctor said that this is because my body is detoxing at night. That just shows me that it is likely multi-layered and not clear-cut. Since I've had the night sweats going back to before cancer I figure that it isn't awful but that I'm still off-balance from before.
I'm on Chinese herbs for restoring my balance, including tea pill formulas for energy, kidney energy, liver energy.
I am also still low on magnesium, something that I need to continue to supplement. Low magnesium can also cause disrupted sleep and night sweats and anti-HER2 therapies are all depleting of magnesium in the body. Have you ever had your magnesium level checked?
http://drsircus.com/medicine/magnesi...toms-diagnosis
HTH
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- Dx 2/14 3b HER2+/HR- left breast, left axilla, internal mammary node (behind breast bone). Neoadjuvant TCHP 3/14-7/2. PCR 8/14 LX and SND. 10/21-12/9 Proton therapy to chest wall.
- Dx 7/20/15 cerebellar met 3.5x5cm HER2+/HR-/GATA3+ 7/23/15 Craniotomy.
- 7/29/15 bone scan clear. 8/3/15 PET clean scan. LINAC SRS (5 fractions) Sept 2015. 9/17/15 CSF NED, 9/24/15 CSF NED, 11/2/15 CSF NED.
- 10/27/15 atypical uptake in right cerebellum - inflammation?
- 12/1/15 Leptomeningeal dx. Starting IT Herceptin.
- 1/16 - 16 fractions of tomotherapy to cerebellum, break of IT Herceptin during rads, resume at 100 mg weekly
- 3/2016 - stable scan
- 5/2016 stable scan
- 7/2016 pseudoprogression?
- 9/2016 more LM, start new chemo protocol and IV therapy treatment with HBOT
- 11/2016 Cyberknife to temporal lobe, HBOT just prior
- 12/2016 - lesions starting to show shrinkage
- 8/2017 - Stable since Dec 2016. Temporal lobe lesion gone.
- Using TCM, naturopathic oncology, physical therapy, chiro, massage, medical qigong, and energetic healing modalities in tandem. Stops at nothing.
- Mother of 2 boys - ages 7 and 10 (8/2017) and a lovely partner with lots to live for.
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