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SheilaT

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16. I had hot flashes for around three years.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 01:25 PM

Sep 2014

I really hated it when I'd get one when I was outside on a hot, humid summer day. I also went through a relatively short period of time, maybe a couple of months, where I'd wake up in the middle of the night with a hot flash, throw the covers off me, fall back asleep, wake up sometime later chilled, pull the covers back up, and repeat several times during the night.

Never did HRT myself. I think if my hot flashes lasted longer than two to four years, I'd check in with a doctor to see if something else is going on.

Oh, and a good friend of mine once described hot flashes as Personal Moments of Summer. Good description.

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I'm glad it wasn't too bad for you Bertha Venation Sep 2014 #32

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