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LOL... hot flashes are fun... LOL.

I think it's different for each woman... sometimes the hot flashes seem to be more frequent. I've been lucky... I guess... I just get them at night. Sometimes I wake up from a sound sleep... that's fun.

A woman I worked with got them during the day... I was never aware of what a hot flash was at the time... her face had a dewy look... her eye glasses fogged up... she was on an estrogen patch.

I'm not taking anything... I'm willing to just live with it... it's really not interferring with my quality of life...

Mazzy...I don't take anything either, too risky. The "night flashes" bother me the most...have enough trouble sleeping as it is! It used to be a little embarrassing to have a melt down, complete with bright red cheeks in stores, though! Nowadays, I just announce it..."whew, hot flash!" Women around my age just give me a knowing and sympathetic smile, but the younger ones look petrified! LOL!

I think I've been born with a lucky set of genes.. The lady folk in my family have never mentioned any problems.. Maybe they forgot!
But I did ask a bit... I think I've had a few ... but they felt more like a fever coming on... I thought I was getting sick.. Didn't even break out in a sweat.. I have a friend though who has to take a couple showers a day because she breaks out in a soaking sweat...

I don't think the estrogen patch or HRT is necessary for everyone..but for a few who might have really horrible hot flashes or other symptoms very well might need them.

I'm thankful my mom and her 3 sisters never had problems! My 2 older sisters haven't either! So in my case, I'm lucky to have great genes regarding menapausal issues... They are however, chunky genes!

KPW1956 wrote:

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I think I've been born with a lucky set of genes.. The lady folk in my family have never mentioned any problems.. Maybe they forgot!
But I did ask a bit... I think I've had a few ... but they felt more like a fever coming on... I thought I was getting sick.. Didn't even break out in a sweat.. I have a friend though who has to take a couple showers a day because she breaks out in a soaking sweat...

I don't think the estrogen patch or HRT is necessary for everyone..but for a few who might have really horrible hot flashes or other symptoms very well might need them.

I'm thankful my mom and her 3 sisters never had problems! My 2 older sisters haven't either! So in my case, I'm lucky to have great genes regarding menapausal issues... They are however, chunky genes! :S :S :(

K...love that, "chunky genes!!!" Me too, but according to some that may be a bonus come mentalpause....fat cells store estrogen!
All in all, it's more of an inconvenience for me than a "misery."