hot flash with uncomfy waves

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EmmaL
EmmaL Member Posts: 28
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

Dear ALL:

i have a silly question. but it really bothers me very much!

i ve finished all my treatment 1.5 months ago. i have hot flashes everyday. but it is not only about feeling rapid hot and sweating.

my hot flashes always come with an uncomfy wave. this wave comes from my chest and quickly increase in intensity, quickly spread throughout my body (abdominal, joints, muscles),last for a few minites before fading.

it is not a 'pain wave' becasue the feeling is definitely different from being punched or pricked or the pain that taxotere causes.

i ve checked the 'hot flash' in our website before posting. this umcomfy wave is not mentioned as a typical sympton. i am not being smart here. does it mean i have a heart problem, like palpitation?

it is not normal. is anyone else same with me?

thanks in advance for letting me ramble on.

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  • hbcheryl
    hbcheryl Member Posts: 5,113
    edited August 2013

    Hi Emma,

    Everyones hot flashes are different, when I was first in meopause I would describe it as a burner being turned on, it would start deep in my body and just like a burner being ignited it would start low fuel up all the way and then fade out but it would go from my toes to my head, I still get hot flashes but mostly when I'm sleeping, covers off cool down covers back on.

    Cheryl

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  • lynnt
    lynnt Member Posts: 22
    edited August 2013

    Hi,

    I can relate. I've been on Tamoxifen for a few years and have been having regular hot flashes since. I know a hot flash is coming on when I feel this general uneasiness hit me. It is like anxiety but for no obvious reasons. Then I will feel what is like an electrical charge coming up my legs and then the actual heat. These sensations sometimes wake me up at night. For a long time I didn't put it all together as my personal hot flash pattern, and it was very disconcerting. I was so glad when I realized what exactly was happening.

    Lynn

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  • EmmaL
    EmmaL Member Posts: 28
    edited August 2013

    Dear hbcheryl and lynnt:

    it sounds same with my feeling and yours are much closer to what i feel. :D

    when i met my oncologist and complained the chemo SE i had one by one, he simply repled 'nothing surprises me'. it sounds a little bit 'uncaring' but in fact, it actually made me feel released.

    Thank you very much for replying. 

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