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Help with Hot Flashes

Posted by ardillo46 @ardillo46, Jul 10, 2020

i need help with hotflashes there stronger now last longer. i'm 48 and i cant stand these flashes need help scared to take the estrogen or the cohosh i heard it is cancerous help please

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dorisena | @dorisena | Jul 31, 2020
In reply to @missile "You might try taking megace/megestrol. I was having severe hot flashes and started taking it and..." + (show)
@missile

You might try taking megace/megestrol. I was having severe hot flashes and started taking it and my hot flashes are all but gone.

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Thanks, but what I was trying to say is that I don't think my hot spells are hot flashes. I am 84 and the hot spells are not happening right now. I had a TIA this week and was in the hospital. I also have an infection. I don't sweat. I am drinking more water now. Dorisena

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Amanda Burnett | @amandaa | Jul 31, 2020

@dorisena I am sorry that you had a TIA this week. Are you feeling better? Are you currently at home?

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dorisena | @dorisena | Jul 31, 2020

I am at home and studying on the web. One article said I would probably have a stroke within three months. I am very upset by not much advice from the doctors, probably because I am 84. I need to take some time and cook some veggies. I have fresh tomatoes, peppers, okra, beets and cabbage in the garden. I can skip the butter and the hamburger for a while but walking very far is a problem. I can pull weeds, but I don't sweat. Dorisena

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lioness | @lioness | Jul 31, 2020
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@dorisena

I am at home and studying on the web. One article said I would probably have a stroke within three months. I am very upset by not much advice from the doctors, probably because I am 84. I need to take some time and cook some veggies. I have fresh tomatoes, peppers, okra, beets and cabbage in the garden. I can skip the butter and the hamburger for a while but walking very far is a problem. I can pull weeds, but I don't sweat. Dorisena

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@dorisena So sorry you had a TIA . Glad your home and sound better . Any kind of movement is better then nothing . Just do what you can . Keep moving though .

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dorisena | @dorisena | Jul 31, 2020

Thanks, Lioness. I am going back to my massage lady who is also a nurse now and have her work on my back so I can walk further and hope the exercise will keep the blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol down to good levels. I have not been seeing the chiropractor for some time now and he couldn't do much anymore for my back anyway, but he cheered me up and encouraged me well. I am not done on this earth, yet! Dorisena

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lioness | @lioness | Jul 31, 2020

@dorsiena. You keep going for a long time you have a good outlook 👍🙏😷

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musicflowers4u | @musicflowers4u | Jul 31, 2020
In reply to @dorisena "I am at home and studying on the web. One article said I would probably have..." + (show)
@dorisena

I am at home and studying on the web. One article said I would probably have a stroke within three months. I am very upset by not much advice from the doctors, probably because I am 84. I need to take some time and cook some veggies. I have fresh tomatoes, peppers, okra, beets and cabbage in the garden. I can skip the butter and the hamburger for a while but walking very far is a problem. I can pull weeds, but I don't sweat. Dorisena

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I had a TIA 25 yrs ago, got bp under control, on a migraine maintenance, reduced stress, doing good. Don’t worry.

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missile | @missile | Aug 25, 2020

I had prostate surgery and was having severe hot flashes. I started taking 2 40 mg megestrol (megace) tablets per day. It eliminated my hot flashes. You might want to try them. Please check with your doctor and be sure it will not react with any other medications you are taking before trying them. Good luck with your hot flashes whatever you decide to do.

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tkdesign | @tkdesign | Aug 4, 2023

Hoping for some advice or see if other women have experienced success with HRT, but then out of nowhere it stops working and hot flashes return. Estrogen levels tested in normal range for post menopause HRT. So no clue what to do next.

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lewin | @lewin | Aug 14, 2023
In reply to @littlesue "I feel your heat! I am 68 and still getting them. Ceiling fans help. Buy a..." + (show)
@littlesue

I feel your heat! I am 68 and still getting them. Ceiling fans help. Buy a “cooling towel”. Walmart and Bed Bath and Beyond sells them.

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Isn't this autonomic nervous system causing sweating.

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