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v-ness · 07-16-2013, 06:14 PM

WOW, i never thought to do that! like you, i am plagued with night sweats. during the day it isn't so bad anymore unless i am out in the heat, and there is plenty of that in MA lately. at night i have no less than the AC, a window fan and a little fan on my bedside table blowing on my face. rip the covers off, drenched, absolutely drenched in sweat. then pull sheets, blanket everything back on, shivering with cold. even shivering when it's just a regular nice evening. this is even with oxybutynin, which i take for the hot flashes. wondering if it could be the mattress pad i put on the bed for back pain earlier this year. anyway, i think i have a thermometer in my bedroom and i would be fascinated to see if and how much my temp spikes during a flash. i just feel so gross this summer, what with the extended heat waves. only 2 more years of tamoxifen left and i am counting the days....

07-16-2013, 06:14 PM	#4
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Hot Flashes or fever WOW, i never thought to do that! like you, i am plagued with night sweats. during the day it isn't so bad anymore unless i am out in the heat, and there is plenty of that in MA lately. at night i have no less than the AC, a window fan and a little fan on my bedside table blowing on my face. rip the covers off, drenched, absolutely drenched in sweat. then pull sheets, blanket everything back on, shivering with cold. even shivering when it's just a regular nice evening. this is even with oxybutynin, which i take for the hot flashes. wondering if it could be the mattress pad i put on the bed for back pain earlier this year. anyway, i think i have a thermometer in my bedroom and i would be fascinated to see if and how much my temp spikes during a flash. i just feel so gross this summer, what with the extended heat waves. only 2 more years of tamoxifen left and i am counting the days.... __________________ 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!