menopause, does it ever end?

[Patty H]

I,m plenty old enough to be through menopause but I had not started into it when I was first put on chemo and thrown into it. I came out of it after I finished the first chemos but then was put back in when I reoccurred and went back on chemo. Now after several years of chemos I am still having major hotflashes. I have been off chemo for 6 months this time, but I know I'm to old to come out of it again. What I was wondering is, will it ever get better? I had read a book that said if you climbed a mountain that you would adjust to the thinner air as you climbed, but if a helicopter just dropped you off onto the mountain top you would have a hard time breathing because you didn't do the climb and have time to adjust to the thin air. The same thing for menopause, I was dropped onto the mountain top and didn't do the climb. I have as many as 12 hotflashes in a 24 hour period and night sweats. They come on so strong that at first I think I'm getting sick at my stomach, then I remember oh, it's just a hot flash coming on. Is there any women out there who was put in menopause and finally made it through the hotflashes?
Patty H