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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It varies widely.  First, that is a lot of hot flashes - I don't know how you handled it.

I get about 10 a day, and have for about 10 months.  [b]The worst is that when it happens, I can think of nothing except getting my sweater off [/b]and some relief - sometimes I get nauseated.  In the night, I sleep with three pillows so there is always a cold one to hold against my chest.  If I get one in the shower, I get faint.

In some ways the worst part is that I feel like I am never comfortable. I wear less clothing to avoid the hot flashes, but then I am underdressed for the rest of the time.

Not everyone has this happen.

I used to drink 4 glasses of wine a week, and am now down to 1.  That helps.[/quote]16:17 again.  Yes, for me it's a huge control issue.  I have been wearing short-sleeved t-shirts for years, even in the winter because I have to be able to take off a layer when I have a hot flash.  I can't [i]stand[/i] not having control over my body temperature -- which doesn't make a lot of sense some days because there are places where it's inconvenient to shed a layer so why not just wait till it passes?  But I can't stand to wait![/quote]

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