Hi ladies
As the title suggests, I’m after advice about hot flushes triggered by chemo. Just wondering if any ladies not requiring hormone treatment after chemo can advise if they had hot flushes and how long they lasted.
My own flushes are daytime based but appear to be triggered by stress and external temperature changes. As soon as I start to feel hot, usually around the jaw and neck, I get itchy backs of hands and feel very unwell and sometimes have to have a lie down!! I rarely wake in the night sweating but am generally a lot warmer bodied than I ever was. I am getting probably 6 to 8 a day and most of them I can alleviate by stripping off extra layers. I feel as if I no longer have control over my body temperature, although I have had my temperature taken by a nurse whilst having a mini flush, and it was completely normal. Sometimes my face flushes bright red but not all the time. I am possibly perimenopausal but have had a hysterectomy so wouldn’t actually know.
Anyway, any non hormone BC ladies who had flushes triggered by chemo, if you could let me know how long your flushes lasted, I’d be grateful!