no sweat

Hi Leah....I always read your posts.

This one I can answer maybe. After the chemo and radiation I didn't need deodorant until recently and still no hair in my right armpit because of the SNB.

This last month or so I'm using a deodorant and I even grew 2 strings of hair in that area.

You have a nice day.

Sheila

I was wondering about the low estrogen and the lack of sweating in the armpits as well.  I used to be one who had to apply and reapply antiperspirant several times a day (I always felt like I was wet and stinky) but now I apply it in the morning and that's it.  Sometimes it's even a bit "chalky" still when I get undressed at night, like it has just gotten applied and dried.  I think it's the lack of estrogen, though, not the chemo, but I could be wrong.  I thought I was the only one with this weird side effect.  . .

Your post sure is weird timing.  I had started a similar one quite a while ago when I found the same thing.  However....my one 'good' armpit was rather smelly after work the last couple of days.  My husband concurs that it wasn't just my nose playing tricks on me.  Yet the radiated pit is still fresh as a daisy.  It has been 21/2 years since the end of chemo/rads so I wonder if it is coming back now.  

I hope the lack of smell/sweat  isn't from the lack of estrogen.  I am still on Arimidex so if I am stinky again that would mean that it isn't working as well. 

I didn't have Chemotherapy like many of you but I did have 21 radiation treatments after my lumpectomy in May of 2017 and two more surgeries (until margins were clear for radiation) in June and August of the same year. I am now walking 3-5 miles daily and taking 2 yoga classes each week. I've noticed that although I feel like I'm hot from my classes and walking, I am not sweating anywhere on my body. I didn't notice this earlier since I had finally retired from teaching and relocating to another state last June. Now that I have finally settled down in our new home and have time on my hands, I am going to yoga classes and walking. I chose not to take Arimedix after radiation, so I am not on any kind of aromatase inhibitor, but I do take vitaminC and other supplements on a daily basis. I am confused as to why my sweat glands are not working. Should I be concerned about this? And, does anyone know if there is something I could take to encourage the sweat glands to function? And, should I be concerned that my sweat glands have shut down? I'd appreciate any advice or recommendations.

I finished chemo about 11 months ago and radiation just a bit over 8 months ago. I don't need to use as much deodorant, esp on side that got radiated but when I workout I sweat. Dripping sweat all over.

I had bmx 7 years ago, and 32 rads. 4 a/c, 1 taxotere. RO nurse told me then I wouldn’t sweat under cancer side.

I don’t sweat on either side, but sure do everywhere else.