Dealing with Hot Flashes

[Tish]

I took Evening Primrose to help with mine and found it to work really well.
For night sweats I used to put a Yoga Mat in the Freezer that I would lay under my sheet and a small one for the pillow.
Oh, and by the way Congrats!

 

[Pecos]

Pecos, you made it. Congratulations, you’re in the home stretch.

@Jules, thank you and yes I am in the home stretch. In many ways, I am still in awe of all those people at the cancer treatment center who were going down a much, much tougher path than mine. When one first comes in the front door, those of us getting radiation treatment entered a waiting room to the left, those getting chemo entered a waiting room to the right. A quick glance into their waiting room made me keenly aware of how rough they had it.

We did have a man in my group who quit treatment after deciding that it was "too hard." That mystified me completely since while ours was unpleasant, it just was not that rough. He effectively signed his own death warrant. I have often wondered what else was going on in his life. While the rest of us were joking around about hot flashes, fatigue, and getting in touch with our "feminine side", he just sat sadly in the corner.

We have an 88 year old woman who often walks with me. She has survived cancer three times and all of them included chemo treatment. I am totally in awe of that woman, .... and she is a lot of fun to boot.

Have a great day.

 

[Jules]

A positive attitude makes a big difference in dealing with the treatments.