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01-29-2007, 07:17 PM
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Why Am I Sweating At Night?
Hi All, I have been bothered by PJ soaking night sweats sweating since having my mastectomies. No invasive disease was found and I have not started on any treatments. It really is bothersome. I have to sleep on a bath towel some nights and change my PJs several times. I am 43 and having reg. periods. Has anyone else experienced this? What causes it? When I tell the Docs they just ask if I am having periods. Thanks, Lisa
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01-29-2007, 07:45 PM
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Lisa
You may want them to do a estradiol hormone test on you, to see if you are perimenopausal....43 sounds young, but you never know...also possibly a thyroid test...are you hot when this happens or cold? I would ask to have some tests done so they can figure out whats going on. Night sweats can indicate many things that are not hormone related, but most are hormone related...I would check into it more.
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Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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01-30-2007, 12:49 PM
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I started going through the same thing when I was about 40, I would wake up soaked. I'd be sweating but freezing....perimenopause. It went away after awhile until I did chemo, then I was constantly flashing. It's been a year now and finally the hot flashes are not coming near as often...sherryg683
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Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
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01-30-2007, 02:01 PM
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Hi Lisa
I noticed after my mastectomy 3 weeks ago that for the first couple of weeks I sweated profusely from the mastectomy side. It seems to have settled this last week. This might not be relevant to you, though.Bx
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01-30-2007, 05:42 PM
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Location: Florida
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thanks for the replys
Hi All, Thanks for the info. After things settle down a little I will look into some hormone testing. It does seem to be easing up some but that happened before and it started all over again. I never feel hot and I get chilled from being all wet!
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01-30-2007, 06:32 PM
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I just read somewhere (can't remember where - chemo brain?) that St. Johns Wort is good for women with breast cancer suffering from night sweats. I want to say it was a clinical trial at clinical trials.gov
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Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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01-31-2007, 01:32 PM
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It's probably perimenopause. And the blood test might not be accurate. Mine wasn't because mine said i was fine but had been having hot flashes for about four years. Now I find that those were really just warm flashes since chemo put me into real menopause. People can even tell by looking at me now when I'm having one.
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