Bill Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Anybody with a similar condition to my wife's and / or on similar drug regimen experience varying degrees of sweating at night ? Usually more like dampness on the trunk and behind the knees. Usually not forehead. Other times it can be more severe sweating requiring a change of clothing. Also, has anybody been given a medical explanation for this ? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneC Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Bill, I have the night sweats, too. Their severity kinda comes and goes and doesn't seem to really be related to the meds so much. I've heard that night sweats can be related to LC but I'm not sure why. My docs weren't sure if mine were partially due to stopping my hormone replacement therapy right before I was diagnosed with LC, so they recommended I take 400-800 IU of Vit E in the evenings. This may have helped some. I know it can be very annoying. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 I have heard various explanations, from the cancer to the chemo. Have no idea, except it is not an uncommon problem. XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX Prayers always, MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna G Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 I got instant menopause from chemo. Never missed a month, then never again. I not only sweat terrible at night but any time of the day, my husband would look over in the evening and see me tearing my clothes off and know I was having a horendous hot flash. I was put on HRT ( hormone replacement therapy) later that year my sister got breast cancer , I found what my risk was and just stopped them. I still flash but not nearly like that first year. Donna G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 That is similar to what happened to me, except it started when the cancer got bad enough, through the chemo, and still even now a little bit. Due to the Horner's syndrome (surgical consequence) I only sweat on one side of my head and neck, including scalp, and halfway down trunk. I hated it, but I got used to it. Another reason to wear terry turban when no hair left on my head -- absorbent, and kept the breeze off when I was damp.... XOXOXOX Prayers, MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 This article says night sweats can be a symptom of the cancer http://buckeyereview.com/News/Article/A ... 477&sID=20 http://www.thieme-connect.com/sample/pdfsmpl.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 This article says night sweats can be a symptom of the cancer http://buckeyereview.com/News/Article/A ... 477&sID=20 http://www.thieme-connect.com/sample/pdfsmpl.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloesmom Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Could be the simplest of all reasons for a woman in her 40's or 50's--MENOPAUSE! I get them, they are not cancer related. Most of my friends are getting them, and they have never had cancer. It happens--especially to those of us who have had a chemical menopause, and/or can't take hormone replacement therapy...... Here's hoping it's just a natural cause...... Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaf Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Before my brother's diagnosis he experienced night sweats. His wife told us that he would have to change his pijamas at night sometimes twice-that is how bad the sweating was. His doctor was giving him anxiety pills for the sweating! Later when he was diagnosed he was told (while at the hospital) that the night sweats were due to the cancer. Donaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay A. Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Previously posted info on Night Sweats.... Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 1383 Location: Central Coast, CA Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:27 am Post subject: Fevers, Hot Flashes, Sweats Information from the NIH http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancer_informati ... a199f57aa4 _________________ Fay A. NSCLC Adeno W/ BAC Features Rt. Lung Upper and lower lobe segmentectomies 6-99, 4-00 Rt anterior thoracoscopy 11-00 Iressa 5-02 to 1-03 Pneumonectomy Rt. Lung and all Nodes right side of chest 5-03 Carbo-Taxotere 9/03-12/03 Recurrent Disease on Rt. Bronchial Stump/Subcarinal Node 1/04 Spread to outside of Left Lung Hilum 6/04 ED is back and he's brought a few friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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