Hot Flushes

Good afternoon

Well you have a few years on me and I thought I was keeping fit - well done!  I am also usually 10k steps per day and use an indoor bike plus weights and resistance bands.

I am on what is known as Triplet Therapy, which is two types of HT plus Chemo.  

The HT comprises a 12 weekly implant, injected into the tummy, of Zoladex. I am also on a tablet known as Darolutamide. These work together to stop the testosterone which is produced by several organs in the body.

And yes I get hot flushes - but not for long, only several minutes at a time but they can be quite debilitating at times.  I have found that they can occur a little while after eating and/or having a hot drink.  Other times they just appear out of nowhere.  So I am a little confused as to the trigger.  They also do not seem to be as bad when I am in the first week after chemo....

I have taken to the layered clothing approach- and all of my quarter zip fleeces are in the cupboard, replaced with full zip ones.  I also use a handheld fan when I get too hot under the collar.  I tend to just move off into another space and get myself back comfortable before rejoining whatever is going on.  

If you click on the green name or the avatar to the side you can see the profile of the writer.  If you wish you can add one for yourself - but no pressure.

All the best, keep on riding..

KrisPy

Oh - and when they are at night it is simply a matter of pushing off the duvet...but I have the fan at the side of the bed!!!

Hello Leon2nd4f22e0,

I'm also on triplet therapy and get anow and then  hot flush but fortunately they're not that intrusive for me.

There's a few people on here who take sage tablets and say they're effective for them. That could be worth a try?

Derek.

Hello Leon (Leon2nd4f22e0) 

I remember you from a few months back you had been on "watchful waiting", so for an 88 year old you are "bloody fit" if you don't mind me saying so. 

So I've been on Hormone Therapy for almost 4 years, yes I had bad hot flushes but I am on Sage Tablets ( Menoforce). They are a tad expensive but they stopped the intense hot flushes within a fortnight - and I an still on them - no more hot flushes. 

There is a prescription drug to stop hot flushes - link here - Medroxyprosterone-acetate. Your GP can sort you out with this.

As for the old weight gain, I am pretty active - and in my first 3 years on hormone Therapy I put on 3.5 stone. I am now on the weight loss drug Ozempic (The NHS refused to sew my lips together). It's working, in 7 months I have lost a couple of stone!!

It's some journey you are on, and I hope the above is of some help.

Best wishes - Brian.

As a woman of a certain age, I can have sympathy with you. The common suggestion is sage tablets but I have never tried them. As KrisPy has said, throw the duvet off but my offering is a hot water bottle, full of cold water under your pillow.

When you have a hot flush, and also through that very hot spell, putting your wrist and hands under the pillow and onto the bottle does seem to work.

Hope that helps.

Gina