terrible hot flashes continue after exemestane

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veronicaanne
veronicaanne Member Posts: 9
edited December 2019 in Older Than 60 Years Old With Breast Cancer

I recently stopped at the end of year 3. The hot flashes are now worse and I wondered if anyone else had this experience

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited December 2019

    Hi veronicaanne,

    We're so sorry you're experiencing this uncomfortable side effect of treatment! We're sure others will be by shortly to weigh in with their thoughts, experiences, and advice.

    In the meantime, we wanted to share with you this section from the main Breastcancer.org site on Hot Flashes, which offers some great tips on managing hot flashes naturally, as well as medications that can help.

    We hope this helps and that you find relief soon!

    --The Mods

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  • Racy
    Racy Member Posts: 2,651
    edited December 2019

    Have you tried Efexor?

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  • WC3
    WC3 Member Posts: 1,540
    edited December 2019

    veronicaanne:

    My mother started having hotflashes during menopause in her late 40s and they never stopped. When she reached 60 they got worse and she began to sweat profusely. It turns out she had hyperthyroidism and a benign pituitary tumor. Once she was properly treated for the hyperthyroidism her hot flashes and sweating subsided.

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  • veronicaanne
    veronicaanne Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2019

    Thank you all for your concern. I haven't tried any meds. In fact I stopped taking everything because of my symptoms. I do have thyroid nodules they say likely benign. Not a helpful statement in my mind but did have a fine needle biopsy that came back ok and labs normal. I've had the same thought about pituitary. I'll talk to my gp. I did have severe hot flashes for 10 years and then they stopped. And then I was diagnosed with breast cancer and the meds started it all up again. Not badly at first but the last few months have been terrible. So my onc took me off AI until January. Just to see if things would straighten out. They're not really hot flashes they feel like they're going to be hot flashes but then they just don't seem to materialize and I'm left just hurting all over and completely exhausted for hours afterward.

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  • veronicaanne
    veronicaanne Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2019

    I just want to address Racy and say how devastated I am for you and all of you in Australia for the terrible wildfire season that you are going through. My thoughts are with you.

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