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v-ness · 03-04-2010, 05:03 PM

dear sassy, thank you for your posting. it's great to hear stories like yours and helps bolster positive feelings, for sure.

did you say neurontin helps for hot flashes? does it stop them? i was thrown headlong into chemopause literally in the chemo chair. the hot flashes from the get-go were intense and although chemo ended on 1/21 i have found no relief. the doctor tried clonodine on me, but i was not at all impressed. i get them during the day, but at night it's ridiculous. i am dreading summer. right now in winter i am drenched in sweat half the night then wake up freezing in the morning. i guess the herceptin is keeping the flashes going... i need to ask about neurontin. this is getting old.

here's to many more years NED to you. valerie

03-04-2010, 05:03 PM	#18
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: My 5 years dear sassy, thank you for your posting. it's great to hear stories like yours and helps bolster positive feelings, for sure. did you say neurontin helps for hot flashes? does it stop them? i was thrown headlong into chemopause literally in the chemo chair. the hot flashes from the get-go were intense and although chemo ended on 1/21 i have found no relief. the doctor tried clonodine on me, but i was not at all impressed. i get them during the day, but at night it's ridiculous. i am dreading summer. right now in winter i am drenched in sweat half the night then wake up freezing in the morning. i guess the herceptin is keeping the flashes going... i need to ask about neurontin. this is getting old. here's to many more years NED to you. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!