Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: honeybun on July 24, 2014, 12:57:14 PM
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I have now been on a half patch for about six months. I have been doing ok with regards to flushes although sleeping is not wonderful.
Since this really hot weather has arrived I have found my ability to cope with it is not good. I love the sun and living in Scotland I appreciate every little bit we get as the winters can be long and grey.
My flushes are back with a vengeance, not so much in the day but in the evening. Is this just down to the hot weather ?
It's my face and head that sweat the most. I end up with mad hair and it makes me feel yuk.
Anyone else noticing an increase in symptoms that were previously controlled.
Honeyb
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Hot weather affects me generally, love to C it but am soon weary. I don't sweat a lot anyway but this week my head, neck, shoulders are affected. I don't have flushes thank goodness! I get irritable in hot weather too :-\
Do you have ice blocks/bags of peas to cuddle in the evening?
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Feeling the same Honeyb. I used to be a sun worshipper and couldn't get enough of it but now I can't seem to tolerate it anymore and definitely feel it's to do with the menopause. I've recently changed from Femonston Conti to Tibolone and I also don't think they are working aswell unfortunately :(
Our daughter is getting married next month abroad - it's going to be very hot - I just hope that as mother of the bride I don't look a big sweaty mess!!
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Oh honeybun and ladies - I do agree. I've been off HRT for over 9 months now and I was doing really well but this horrid humidity is really making me exhausted - can't sleep as I feel as though my legs are going to explode. If I'm in the sun my head and torso gets really sweaty - it's ghastly. I live by the sea and today there has been a lovely cool breeze - so much better - but I dread going to bed at night - it's torture.
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Hot weather is bound to make the effects of flushes etc worse and anyone who is suffering has my sympathy. I am still a sun worshipper and on HRT so the heat doesn't affect me (well no more than expected with 31 deg in the shade!), and I count myself lucky.
I would be pouring cold water over myself wherever and whenever possible - hard if you have to work in an office though!
Don't forget this is exceptional weather for everyone and hopefully you will all be able to cope a bit better when it cools down a bit...
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Honeyb - I am on full HRT and am still finding this hot weather difficult.
Then I feel guilty, the weather is beautiful I should be able to cope.
I keep on having to go into darkened rooms, goodness knows what I'd do if I had to go out to work.
Sleeping is more difficult than usual and don't get me started on :bed: It ain't gonna happen, just too hot and sweaty. Think (but not sure) OH feels the same....................
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I was the one slowly frying covered in baby oil when I was young. ::) Sun screen was never mentioned then.
I was always able to tolerate the heat and loved it.
Now I'm a sweaty mess and it makes me feel vaguely unwell. I'm dreading mother's in the morning as its a busy day in the heat.
Going to try a cool shower before bed tonight. The third of the day. Ridiculous....It's Scotland for heaven's sake.
Honeyb
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I got way too hot yesterday and felt dire.
Today have more of an effort to stay cool so feel better.
Good luck at your mother's tomorrow HB.
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The heat burns off energy which we don't replace! So plenty of drink and bananas, nuts, fruits ………
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I didn't have hot flashes until a week ago.
I lived in Arizona without air conditioning and amazed people with how well I coped. It's always been cold that I can't stand.
Um....not any more. I'm hoping for abnormally low heating bills this winter.
Wish I could keep my zen this well about all the other symptoms.
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Hi Sharon 1958 I too am on tibolone and since your body breaks down the tab to 'produce hormones' it differs from most hrt preparations in that it doesnt give a pre-measured / steady dose of hormones.
My gynae consultant told me no-one knows how much hormone your body will make as what we eat and drink can affect it on a daily basis etc.
I have been on it 3 months and have experimented to see what time of day is best to take tibolone. I have found taking it with a glass of water just before bed is best for me.
The hot weather hasnt increased the number /severity of flushes i have, if anything I think tibolone is working quite well most days. Def better when I dont have so many hot drinks /caffeine or alcohol.
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I think I have coped pretty well with heat except sleeping at night, my bedroom is south facing and stores up the heat, even with fan full blast it just seems to move the warm air around.
One thing I have notice this year is that for the first time for years my ankles have not swelled in the heat, I can only put this down to gradually coming off the estrogen, practically off it now and using natural progesterone cream, I just rub a dab on each inner fore arm when I go to bed and up to a few night ago I was sleeping soundly. I hastily add that this works for me and I am not advocating it .
I have always loved the sun and coped pretty well through my menopause in it, then went through a period when I could not sit in it as I use to, now its much better and my tolerance has increased, discounting those hot airless nights we have had lately, but I think every one is suffering at the moment except those who are lucky enough to have Air Con or lucky enough to have a breeze off the sea ( my dream) :)
One thing I do recommend is 4711 iced cologne stick I am never without it in summer, it reminds me of childhood days when my mum was always rubbing it on us when we lived overseas and when we had hot summers in the UK. its very refreshing and cooling.
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:-\ it makes me smelly :-X
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My hot flushes ended a couple of years ago but this hot weather has had me sweating buckets! I'm way hotter than anyone else around me and like you HB, my scalp runs with sweat and makes my hair go "fat" and frizzy. I'm Ok outside with a bit of air around but when I am indoors, I can feel a layer of sweat on my neck, back and forehead which makes me feel miserable and dirty somehow. Its especially bad when trying to cook dinner in a hot kitchen.
Hubby is fed up of me saying "feel my neck" and asking him if he feels as hot as me (dangerous question ;D)
My son hates hot weather and sunshine. His bedroom is so very hot too and we've tried all sorts to cool it down apart from air conditioning which is too expensive. Air coolers and most fans have proved too noisy for sleeping. Leaving doors and windows open upstairs to create a draught works until he wants to sleep then he has to have the door closed - cant sleep with his bedroom door open he says. I want to have a ceiling fan put in his room but hubby says it will be too much hassle as the loft above is boarded and has a very thick layer of insulation material over it. I never thought ceiling fans much good until we went to Spain and found that the little breeze they create is just enough to enable me to sleep comfortably, so now I'm a "fan" - get it ;)
Ariadne xx
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Cooking is a nightmare at the moment. I also feel dirty too. Three showers yesterday. I now know what eyebrows are for, the stop the sweat running into your eyes.
My flushes have been awful. I ripped off my half patch and now have on 3/4. Hope it works soon.
Weather to be cooler tomorrow.
Taz must be laughing at us all suffering when we all long for good weather and blue skies in the dark winter days ;D
Honeyb
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Sorry....but bring back the cold weather....I know! ::)
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Not cold, just not as hot.
Went for a lovely paddle. Waded in so far I got my bum wet ;D. So refreshing though. I even coaxed hubby in. After he stood there like a big girl he enjoyed it.
Honeyb
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It is sooo humid today - I'm feeling exhausted with it. Took the dog down to the beach and we paddled - so divine. Just can't motivate myself as I become drenched in sweat whenever I exert myself. My poor husband is working in London at the moment and he says it's truly dreadful at the moment - I do feel for him. At least with him away I've got the bed to myself and I can spread eagle to keep cool. It's supposed to be fresher tomorrow - oh yes please! DG x
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I've never been a heat and sun person, I love the winter months, I find if I'm cold I can pull on another wooly, but if I'm hot.... I can't cool down. It takes over an hour to get to the nearest beach and in a hot car that's no fun. I'm sweating like it's going out of fashion, and back on full HRT cuz trying to cut down made me worse than ever. Getting caught in the heaviest rainfall for a century here (it seemed like it), was really quite nice a fortnight ago. The bedroom's in the roof and has 2 veluxes, and the fan goes full tilt, but is so noisy, you can either roast in the quiet, or be kept awake in the draught by the noise. Meno and heat? no thanks, but how do decline the offer??
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We can't and our houses are not made for this kind of heat. Carpets and curtains, no air con....Not good.
I do enjoy the blue skies though. Scotland can be a very grey country in the winter so to see some sun is wonderful.
Our little beach was full of visitors today. I did worry though about a guy in a kayak who paddled out to sea. His wife and kids and another man were on the beach watching. He did have on a life jacket but he was paddling into one of the deapest inshore channels in Europe. What looks like an ordinary beach when the tide is out just falls off a cliff a bit further out. It takes super tankers that come so close to shore you can hear the ship's captain talking to the crew.
Sorry I digress but the sight of that little boat heading out into the channel has bothered me :P
Honeyb
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Did he get back OK :-\ ……...
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I have always been able to sit in it for hours. Last year was a bit uncomfortable but this year woah! I only started meno symptoms Spring 2013 so I guess this is the new norm now. I sat out for an hr the first hot day we had back in May & I haven't been out in it since. I felt like I had been on a beach with no sun cream for an entire day. I thought it was my HRT patch but think my skin has changed. I feel like I have that sun burnt feel even when I am indoors. Sadly we have a glass roof in the room I have to spend most of my time due to work & it's hell!!! I have a new fan, windows & doors open (sod the flies this year) & when I have a shower I don't dry my hair or use a towel. This is extreme hot for the UK though, I bet we may miss it when it's gone. School broke up
Today so it's bound to start raining :) No wonder people in hot countries have a daytime siesta I have been saving things like lawns etc for the evening. B x
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I don't know CLKD, he was still paddling out when we left the beach. We have a lifeboat station in the next town two miles away so I'm sure he would have been fine. It was a worrying to see him so far out in a bit of a toy boat. He took a fishing rod out with him. We have basking sharks out there at this time of year :o
House is so hot tonight. Going to head for a very cool shower soon.
Honeyb
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This is not going to paint a pretty picture. Lying on top of the bed, barely covered, hair plastered to my head ( it's getting the chop next haircut, goes all straggly & flat in the heat which I'd forgotten). Managed to get some sun despite factor 50!
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Just had a cold shower and feeling a tiny bit cooler. Discovered a lovely insect bite on my leg. Developing into a nice blister.
You sound hot and bothered CG. My hair is also driving me nuts, my head sweats a lot ::)
Honeyb
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Fed up now.
Hot weather means windows have to be open.
This means very small biting insects get in, know they're small as mesh insect screens on windows keep bigger beasties out. Wednesday is patch change day, later on that day got horrible itching near patch. Thought I was getting allergic to patch, extreme panic. Turned out to be an insect bite, yes one of those which turn into blisters. Fun when changing patch this morning trying not to break blister.
This morning I found a bite on my throat, more panic, I have a history of extreme swelling with insect bites, the throat is not a good place to get bitten for me!
Looking for anti-histamines........
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Hope you are feeling ok Limpy. I too don't react well to some insect bites either. Horse flies are my problem. I was bitten yesterday and have a lovely blister. Not terribly big this time but so itchy.
It's much cooler here today. A nice break from the heat.
Honeyb
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Thanks Honeyb - Found the anti-histamine so now am staying inside and keeping cool.
The throat bite is now coming up with a blister, hopefully it won't swell too much with the AHs.
Know what you mean about Horse flies though, I have had bites on my feet which have meant shoes would not go on. Luckily it only affected one foot at a time ;D
Not as sunny today but still very warm, supposed to rain later.
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Dont know if this will be of any use to you ladies feeling the heat.
When i was in cyprus recently i washed several face cloths then rolled each of them uo and stuck them in the freezer for my hot moments or when i came back in after trailing about.
Quite refreshing freezing cold cloths with the smell of fresh laundry. Aaahhh
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Some of the cyclists are wearing gel packs around their necks on the time trial ……… idea perhaps?
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I've got cool scarves/bandanas they work a treat. Last night had chillow under my legs & one for my head. Sheer bliss!
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Raining here now and the temperature has dropped about 10°. I will be able to get into bed tonight and snuggle up. Bliss. I have decided I am no longer a hot weather
person. 20 to 22° is warm enough for me these days .
The grass is soaking up the rain. It was looking a bit sad and has now started to green up.
Feels much like me ;D
Honeyb
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Really hot here but hay fever is horrible !! Xx
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All we got was a shower. Stickier than ever now.
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Black clouds came: went: rushed washing inside in case ::) ………. chilly now.
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We were at the British Birdwatching Fair on Friday and DH bought a spray - made by www.lessmosquito.com - it has Citrepel 75 in apparently which works for about 5 hours against critters. It's called 'incognito anti-mosquito' and is a spray to 'repeal all insects' …...