Is it the heat or what?????

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Fitztwins
Fitztwins Member Posts: 7,969
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer
My hot flashes have been horrible lately. My face actually has moisture on it!! Gosh.

It is humid here and in the 80's. But I just feel like staying inside.
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  • Member_of_the_Club
    Member_of_the_Club Member Posts: 3,646
    edited July 2007

    Yep . . . seems to happen to me during the summer as well.

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  • linny
    linny Member Posts: 204
    edited July 2007
    My hot flashes from tamoxifen are much worse in the summer when I'm hot. I carry a paper fan with me in my purse, and use it when I need to. My face turns beet red for a few minutes, and then I break out in a sweat. I find it terribly embarrassing when I'm with people. This week I was having meetings with some of the staff at the rehab centre where my sister is, and it was happening every few minutes. I just hate it.

    Linda
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  • JoanofArdmore
    JoanofArdmore Member Posts: 1,012
    edited July 2007
    I'm so old, I've outgrown hot flashes.
    But I still get them from stress, and from the summer's heat and humidity.
    It's nasty, isnt it?
    Gee, I stay out of the heat of day any more, as much as I can.

    But I can still remember having real long hair, living in The City, wearing my hair down, and not minding the heat a bit.Seems miraculous now.

    Stay cool, Janis!
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  • nosurrender
    nosurrender Member Posts: 2,019
    edited July 2007

    I am burning up and I am only in chemopause! it HAS to be this heat and humidity.

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  • nowheregirl
    nowheregirl Member Posts: 894
    edited July 2007
    I have never been good in the heat and those annoying hot flashes only makes me hate summer more. I really can't stand them. Worse yet, all my co-workers who work with me on the same floor don't like a/c. Working overtime without a/c really takes a toll on me.

    Hugs,
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  • rrs
    rrs Member Posts: 614
    edited July 2007

    Don't like a/c? What the heck is wrong with them??? I grew up in the hot, sticky South and I've never liked the heat. I now live in a cooler, dryer climate but we are having a terribly hot summer. Most people here don't have a/c and they are wishing they did. I've had more hot flashes than ever this summer. Staying inside.

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  • notme
    notme Member Posts: 161
    edited July 2007
    I have a/c and freeze everyone around me at home. AT work it is a/c, but I still get hot. Thus I have 2 fans. One on the destop pointed at my face and the other (larger) under my desk aimed at my body.

    I feel for you, but at least get some fans and maybe ask the girls to get sweaters.

    notme
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  • Fitztwins
    Fitztwins Member Posts: 7,969
    edited July 2007

    We went camping last week. Everyone was in the sun but me! Give me the shade, a good book or magazine, a cocktail and I am all set. A fan would be great too!

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  • NoH8
    NoH8 Member Posts: 2,726
    edited July 2007

    For me it's not so much the heat, but the humidity.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2007

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  • KariLynn
    KariLynn Member Posts: 1,079
    edited July 2007

    I was just noticing today how miserable it is. I think it's the humidity, but whatever it is, it can stop. I used to love the heat but my "aged", estrogen-deprived body can't take it anymore!!

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  • Jorf
    Jorf Member Posts: 498
    edited July 2007

    I'm having a harder time in the summer. It's such a drag because I've always really enjoyed the heat and I've always loved working out in the heat. Now I get hot flashes when I'm working out and it's really just like being way overheated. Oh well. As I said on another thread - I'm still trying to call them "amusing"!

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  • Dnicoletto
    Dnicoletto Member Posts: 76
    edited July 2007
    One of the best summer activities, is a nice cold beer or two at a ball game, a barbecue or a festival. Alcohol is NOT a good idea with the hot flashes. When I am out, I drink anyway. Am I glutton for punishment or what?

    ~Dorie
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  • Fitztwins
    Fitztwins Member Posts: 7,969
    edited July 2007

    I am the glutton for punishment! I can't take the heat or the beach...I just want to sit in my air condition car or house!! lmao.

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