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10-13-2008, 10:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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Progesterone use
Has anybody tried using progesterone for hot flashes? Got any info around this therapy?
Merridith
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10-14-2008, 06:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Melbourne Victoria
Australia
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natural progesterone
search on this site for natural progesterone. Are you er/pr-?
jackie (down under)
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10-14-2008, 07:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 128
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I used Wild Yam cream (suggested by my onc) and it worked wonders! Used it for about a week to 10 days and no problems since. It was a cream I got at a local health food store. Cost about $23.00 but it was worth it. Was told to rub it on inside of forearms or abdomen.
I'm Her2+ with dbl mast. IDC and DCIS - 4x DD A/C
AbbyDawg
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10-15-2008, 01:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Carmel, Indiana
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I recently heard of cinnamon as helping with hot flashes. I think you can buy it in capsule form. I don't know how much you are supposed to eat/take for it to help. I thought I would try to put it in muffins, etc.
AbbyDawg, I love your picture of your dog!! I have a 2 year old collie named Mickey who looks a lot like yours!
Beth
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DX 9-19-07 at age 40
DCIS, Inv. Duct. Car. 3 cm
Positive lymph node biopsy
Er+Pr+Her+++
Carboplatin/Taxotere/Herceptin
10-1-07 -- 1-16-08
Herceptin every 3 weeks until 9/24/08
Lump. and node dissection 2-12-08
BRCA1 and 2 negative
30 rads finished 4-23-08
oophorectomy 5-6-08
Femara started 5/25/08
Zometa for osteoporosis every 6 mo. started 9-24-08
Married 16 years!
3 kids - daughter (10), twin sons (7)
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10-17-2008, 01:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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Started progesterone dose
Well started out with the lowest dose of progesterone to combat really dreadful hotflashes.
So far after three days, there seems to be a positive effect. According to some of the literature - this drug might be able to reduce the "flashes" by up to 80%! Managed to get two decent nights sleep - and woke up feeling alert. The first time in a few months!
The doc said it would take about 3 months for the full effect to take place. Currently, if I were to guess, it's cut them back by about 50%. Hopefully there will be progression on that figure over time.
I am er neg.
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10-17-2008, 02:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 30
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I take Megace (a synthetic progestin -female hormone- that acts similar to the natural hormone progesterone) and I don't get hot flashes. I went off of it for a few weeks and the hot flashes came back. Needless to say, I'm back on it!
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Stage IIb, dx 12-26-05, age 37
Lumpectomy 1-4-06, 1.1 cm idc
3/19 pos. nodes (sentinel node was neg.)
ER +, PR +, Her2 +
TCH, radiation, Lupron/Aromasin
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10-17-2008, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
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For All Us Hot Chicks...
AS THE QUEEN OF HOT FLASHES (24 YRS WORTH) I MUST PUT MY 2 CENTS IN HERE.
I HAVE READ DR. JOHN LEE'S BK ON THIS SUBJECT, AS WELL AS DR. GRAEME WILLIAMS. WHAT I LEARNED IS -- DON'T TAKE SYNTHETIC ANYTHING. *NATURAL* PROGESTERONE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT INCLUDE -- WILD YAMS! MY ENDROCRINOLOGIST AGREES AND SAYS THAT THE REASON IS THAT OUR BODIES CANNOT NATURALLY DISGEST THE ENZYMES IN THIS.
I HAVE BEEN USING PROGESTERONE CREAM, ALL NATURAL, NOT SYNTHETIC, SINCE LAST JANUARY, WITH REMARKABLE RESULTS. ON INNER ARMS (IN TINY DOSAGES) FOR 27 DAYS. OFF FOR 3 DAYS. THE THEORY BEING THAT THE FLASHING COMES FROM UNOPPOSED ESTROGEN. WE ARE NOT PRODUCING THE PROGESTERONE WE ONCE DID.
I AM POST MENOPAUSAL. I AM ER/PR-. I TAKE EVENING PRIMROSE OIL ADJUNCTIVELY (RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY MY ONCOLOGIST/NUTRITIONIST) -- FOR ME. I TAKE 1,000 MG EA A.M. AND I -- SOMETIMES -- HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER 500 MG. I LIVE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON NOW. NO MORE SUFFERING, DRIPPING WET, RED-FACED AND FEELING LIKE I AM TRAPPED IN MY BODY. THOUGH I'M STILL HOT AND A BIT CLAMMY, I MUST ADMIT. I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET.
FROM TO ...
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Andi BB
'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...
'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...
Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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