Hot Flashes????

Has anyone experienced hot flashes since surgery? I am 1.5 years menopausal and all of a sudden a couple of months ago, I started having hot flashes again!! Talk about miserable.... Does it have anything to do with the weight loss? I have lost 87 pounds since surgery and 99 since orientation. Will the flashes stop when the weight stabilizes? Paula A.

hi paula- i was about 2 years post menopause when i had my surgery and at first was convinced that the rny had cured my hot flashes as they were gone- however, just lately i have been waking up several times a week with the dreaded flashes again- i called my gyno and she said hot flashes can go on for years and that the surgery probably just shook things up again- not much we can do about them unless we go on hrt which i don't want to do- i must say though that i am freezing all the time now post-op and the occasional hot flash seems almost a relief- good luck- janey open rny 6/2/03 236/140/135