[hothothot]

I have gone through menipose and for a while I was on hormones but they are constant sweats. I don't know what to do and I am afraid that it may be cancer. I get my year pap and mamogram and every thing is fine.

[J_9]

Go see your doctor. It could be thyroid or simply hot flashes that occur with menopause. Both can be treated easily enough. As a matter of fact, I'm being treated for both now.

[tickle]

Thyroid and post menopause seem to go hand in hand. There is a delicate balance with the thyroid, unless is is extremely under or over, meds can't be prescribed. MIne was neither here nor there; doctor kept on checking it along with my 6 months. Check ups, but it never tipped the balance either way. I am just as glad. Once you start on thryroid meds, you can't go off them without doing permanent damage, which includes a few psycological(sp) changes in women. My mom, bless her, was a perfect example of this problem.

As for hot flashes, well, I still have them at 68, sometimes quite uncomfortable at night; I can deal with them, the good outweighs the bad at my time of life. I am quite lucky.

If your pap and mammogram are fine, at least that puts those two parts of your anatomy out of the running for cancer. I do agree with J, go see your doctor, now is the time in your life where you have to keep on top of your health to keep ahead of strokes, etc. You should have regular mamograms and pap tests, especially paps well into your 70s. I know you are not quite there yet.

As for hormone replacement therapy, well, I was on HRT at one time years ago until I started reading that it caused heart disease and a lot of other health issues so I discontinued the use of HRT. At the time my doctor stated HRT was the end all and be all for post menopausal women for weight control, etc.

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[J_9]

meds can't be prescribed.

I assume this is a typo because meds CAN be prescribed.

[tickle]

Basically, that is exactly what I meant. Perhaps I should word it differently, i.e. if a thyroid is extremely over or under, meds can be prescribed, BUT if a minuscule difference, over or under, meds can't be, because thyroid never is exactly spot on.