Interview on menopause, night sweats and more
Posted on Apr 30, 2009 under Menopause, Night sweats | No CommentMarcia Jones was online to discuss Menopause night sweats with your questions about women’s health and stages of menopause and night sweats and how it can affect your body, your emotions, and your libido.
Fairfax, Va.: My mother (56) is having a terrible time with menopause right now. She has horrendous night sweats. However, if the night sweats do not come (which seems to vary hormonally) her blood pressure skyrockets to 160-180/100+. She is on many different medications for her blood pressure and on phosamax for bone degeneration, but refuses to go on hormone replacement therapy because she has three female cousins who after going on the therapy developed breast cancer, one of whom just passed away this weekend. My mother and I are both only daughters so we have no other history to look at but her cousins. I guess my question is since I am her only daughter – is this what I have to look forward to in about 20 years? (I’m 33 now)