night sweats
Dear ladies,
I had four treatments with Taxol, Carboplatin, Herceptin and Perjeta so far, and starting with #3, I am getting night sweats. My doctor says that it is possibly a sign of chemo-induced menopause, which is to be expected. Meanwhile, I can't sleep because of it. My cancer is HER2+ only, not hormonal. Are there any ways to control it? Thank you |
Re: night sweats
Hi,
This is fairly common and I suffered with them myself so know how uncomfortable and tiring they are, I was told they were from the steroids and they did stop once I didn't need to take them again. Many people find cotton sheets and a "Chillow" help so maybe try that. |
Re: night sweats
sounds like chemopause to me . I had it big time! I would sleep next to a bowl of ice cubes and a wash cloth! Worked for me at the time.
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Re: night sweats
I had a fan directly on me, my poor husband froze but not much to stop the sweats just have to endure for a while.
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I had to resort to medication as hot flashed were preceded with vomiting and I had already lost so much weight. Exercise really does help, as does trying to keep the stress down (watching comedies vs. tragedies, etc.).
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Neurontin (gabapentin) really helped me. Always had a fan handy too with one blowing on me at night.
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