Hot flashes are the pits!
It’s gotten so that I have the a/c programmed to drop at
10:30 in the hopes our room is nice and cool by bedtime.
I mean, would you want to go to bed if you’re hot and sweaty?
I’m starting to think I should take that pill an hour earlier
(and drop the temp earlier, too). And maybe I will. Staying up past 11pm is
okay sometimes, but not all the time.
I’m thankful that’s about the only side affect I have with
this pill. Well… that I know about so far (it’s possible I’m sleeping through
the other affects!). But who knows what will happen as I continue to take it.
And I’m supposed to take it for 5 years.
FIVE. YEARS. Ugh. I sure hope the estrogen is out of my
system soon and the hot flashes go away. They really are annoying.
On Wednesday Hubby and I will get our tour of the new home.
I can’t wait!! Hope to have lots of pictures to share on Friday.
So… How do you remember to take medication? I set the alarm
on my iPhone. If not for that, I probably would forget most of the time. Or end
up taking it just before bed and that wouldn’t work out so well. Sweating in
bed is worse!
Happy Monday!
Stacy
7 comments:
I'd definitely take it early and crank the AC sooner. Keep ice packs handy.
Touring your new home - you'll be in it soon!
My wife has been dealing with hot flashes for the last year or so, though not as a result of medication. It hasn't been at all fun for her, so I can certainly sympathize. Hopefully, your body will adjust to the medication and it won't happen (or it will just be less severe); in the meantime, changing the time you take it might be the way to go.
Enjoy your tour!
Alex - Close next week, move in the week after that. Won't be long now!
Jeff - You know, it wasn't until I wrote this post that I had even CONSIDERED taking them earlier. I'm such a dunce! :)
After my hysterectomy, I had hot flashes for exactly 3 weeks, and they weren't even that bad. I don't know how I managed to suffer so little compared to my friends and family, but I'm grateful.
Definitely crank the ac sooner. If they're really bad, take a hot shower before bed. The combination will make you cool fast. You could also buy a pedestal fan for your side of the bed.
I hope you won't have to suffer too long.
Maria - I sweat more after a shower! I do have the overhead fan on, which helps. What really seems unfair is that I had finally gotten OVER the worst of the hot flashes from menopause for this to start up. Just something I have to get used to, I guess. Certainly better than the alternative!
UGH, hot flashes - and everything else that comes with them - are definitely the pits! I take tons of supplements for that and my adrenal fatigue. I either have to take them when I first get up, with a meal, or right before bed to remember. For one I need in the middle of the day, I have to set a phone alarm, and sometimes still forget it if the alarm goes off when I'm in the middle of something.
Looking forward to seeing more pics of the new house!
Jennette - It also isn't helping that our A/C isn't working. Aaack!! Not only is the house getting hotter, we now face an expense we were hoping to avoid by selling this house.
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