Hot Flash Forum!

Can I ask what the DIM is?

Thanks Omaz.  I'd love to do that study.  I think I'll check out if my hospital is doing that.

Kale Salad Recipe: Dressing: 1/3 C tamari/soy sauce/or Braggs liquid aminos

                                            1/3 C lemon juice

                                             1/3 C extra virgin olive oil

                    Raw Ingredients: 1/2 of a medium red or vadalia onion chopped however you like

                                              1/4 C sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds

                                               1lb of Kale ( I use organic Kale-one large or 2 small bunches)

                                               1 avocado cubed

It's good if you let the onions sit in the dressing for a bit.  Wash and chop the Kale into bit size pieces and mix everything together.  Sometimes I add dried cranberries.  It's always better the next day, so if you have time, let everything sit for a bit before eating.  It feels healthy to eat this salad.  Enjoy!! 

I leave it out if we are eating it soon as I don't make it ahead of time. After eating  I put it in the fridge.

Personally I think that kale is better raw.  I had never eaten it that way prior to this salad, but I always find it to be tough when it's cooked.  Even raw it's a good jaw workout!!

Hi ladies!  I haven't posted on here before, but I would like to ask a question.  Has anyone tracked what their temperatures actually are with a thermometer before and after a hot flash?  I seem to only have them when my temp is plummeting or excellerating.  For example:  I will be running at 98.6 and then plummet to 98.3 and this is when I have a hot flash and then it plummets even further to 97.6 and then I start having chills.  I also have them when my body temp is really low, for example, 96.5 F going up to 97.9.  So even though I feel really hot, my body temp is actually, when I take my temperature, really low.  Anyone else have this or am I just weird?

MBJ----it would take a literature search to see if it's been researched. Google "evidenced based research temperature during hotflashes." It will be interesting to see what you come up with?

When I first started getting hot flashes during chemo treatment, the heat started in my feet and went up my body just like a thermometer LOL. As it hit my head, my face would turn red and my face would suddenly be saturated and dripping with sweat. It was hot outside and I about froze everyone out of the house cause I had the AC set on 68-70 degrees. LOL My son bought me a fan with a remote so I could adjust it to suit myself without getting up and using the fan made it so I could raise the thermostat so others werent freezing. After a year the hot flashes really simmered down. I started taking Prozac and it cut them down by about 75%. I still get them but they are tolerable.FYI..My onc does not advise taking black cohosh for ER pos gals..I know its controversial but wanted to mention it. Hugs and luvs, Mazy

sas-schatzi Yes, it was here that you mentioned the Clonidine.  I have decided to try it for hot flashes.  My Dr. inadvertently sent it to the mail away pharmacy so it just showed up at my house.  I decided to take that as a sign .  The drug monograph does say that it works in the brain by relaxing the blood vessels which (as you are stating) is the opposite of vessel constriction.  While I find it daunting these days to try new meds, from what I have read the clonidine  can also be effective for migraines, which I do get.  I'm hoping for miracles here, but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting.

BTW  I was in my bathroom last night when a hot flash came on, so I decided to take my temperature.  It was 97.7 which I found interesting since the body emits sooo much heat.  Yesterday, while at yoga, the instructor stopped to make a correct of my pose while a hot flash was just starting. She could feel the heat emanating from my torso and said "you've got some major heat going on here"...as if I didn't already know 

Thank you, thank you, thank you for starting this forum!  I'm looking for some heat relief myself.  Here in Texas, we are going thru record temps.  Combine that with high utility bills and humidity, and I'm up for (almost) anything!

I've been taking the Neurontin myself for about two years.  My onc prescribed it for me to help with the hot-ness.  Never sure it helps that much UNTIL I run out of my RX... then I KNOW there's a difference in my hot flashes/night sweats. 

Like others have said... mine are definitely worse in the evening hours... again starting about 5:00 p.m. 

Definitely asking onc about the menoret and am ordering a chillow SOON!

Regarding the antihistamine, a non-BC friend told me that her OB/GYN said one of Zyrtec's SEs was actually helping hot flashes.  Anyone else heard this?

I've had EXCELLENT results taking Peridin-C.