Is it Menopause Or Dumping?

HI LADIES,,
        THIS IS THE OVER 50 FORUM SO I AM HOPING I GET LOTS OF FEEDBACK ON THIS SUBJECT...I AM CONFUSED ,,I SWEAT AT ALL DIFFERENT TIMES,,,NOT SURE IF ITS MENOPAUSE OR DUMPING? PLEASE IF YOU HAVE HAD MENOPAUSE ALREADY FARTHER ALONG ,I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS  MENOPAUSE OR NOT...MY VERY FIRST MONTH TO EXPERIENCE THE ''SWEATS'' IF YOU CAN REMEMBER YOUR VERY FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING THE SWEATS PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ITS LIKE,,? IS IT ONLY DURING SLEEP FROM WHAT LITTLE I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS....I JUST TURNED 51 JUNE 28,,JUST BEFORE MY LAP RNY MARCH 19 2007 I WAS REGULAR WITH MOTHER NATURE ,,THEN RIGHT AFTER WLS  I STARTED HAIVNG HER  ONCE EVERY 4TH MONTH...I AM DUE THIS MONTH BUT NOTHING YET,,I AM CONCERNED.....PLEASE HELP EASE MY MIND....THE MORE KNOWLEDGE I HAVE EASIER TO DEAL WITH IT..IT IS VERY BOTHERSOME,I AM AT THE FISH STORE TODAY SHOPPING FOR ONE AND I AM SWEATING ALOT BUT I COULD FEEL THE AC ON IN THE STORE AT THE SAME TIME...IT WAS COMING AND GOING,,YES IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE TODAY ABOUT 93 BUT I WAS INSIDE AND SWEATING,,MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS FINE....133/ 77....THANKS FOR GIVING ME SOME KNOWLEDGE........WENDY

Hi Wendy:
Sounds like you are starting menopause to me....especially if you are skipping periods and having "hot flashes". You really need to talk with your physician or ob/gyn doctor.
There are meds you can take to help. I went thru mine
at about the same age as you are.....some ladies have it
earlier.

Hope this helps.

Pat R.

Yep, sounds like menopause to me also. Welcome to our club. I think with dumping you also get sick to your stomach and get the runs, heat races, etc.

Oh dear, you're going through the change. LOL  Remember, it too will pass.

Wendy, it sounds like menopause to me too. I got put into medical menopause when I was about 42 and went through terrible hot flashes. I cringe just thinking about them. The worst ones are the night sweats though. After several years they were getting better but since wls they are coming again. I figure it must me the hormone changes caused from the surgery. I am due to go see my gyno and boy is she going to be surgprised at the weight loss! I find that I go into the sweats when I eat too. I had heard that is because you are burning the fat now and not storing it any longer. I am not sure if that is true or not. Welcome to menopause, my friend! Just keep in mind that "this too will pass!" but it is just getting to that point. lol

Sounds like menopause ... I was on hormone replacement patches preop, had to go off, then started having really bad hot flashes post-op ... I was peri-menopausal pre-op, I guess. Haven't had a real period in a year, just bleeding from polyps. HRT is OK to try; the first studies that came out a few years ago were done on older women that had heart trouble; the more recent studies show HRT is safe if done in low doses for a short period of time to relieve hot flashes and other symptoms. My ob/gyne was very informative and told me all this long before this year's study came out.

     EILEEN
THANKS FOR THAT INFO,,,I HAVE HAD 9 HEART SURGERIES,,OPEN HEART INCLUDED,,I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO  TO RELIEVE THIS....I DREDED THIS TIME,HOW LONG IS THE AVERAGE THAT THE SWEATS LAST? THANKS......... WENDY.

hi wendy....well i am not sure i can help you on this but it sounds like your going through the change...i just stopped having periods back in 2001 and never had any problems with the sweating...since having WLS tho i am now just starting to get a few of those sweats....grrrrrrrrrr but i am not sure its from that or if its because i ate to much or i had to much sugar. i am leaning towards the food and sugar issues myself. yeah i know lay off the over eating and sugar foods...i am working on it trust me!!!

hugs

 Hi Judy,

I'm experiencing the same thing. Prior to my WLS in October 2007 I was having regular period (even at 56). My last one was at the end of April (3 months ago). We store hormones in our fat and as our fat melts away so too are the hormones disappearing. Since May (about the time I reached my goal weight of 100 pounds gone) I started getting night sweats and hot flashes several times during the day. For me, I have an intense urge to fan myself typically followed by being too cool since I am sweating so much and then have a fan blowing on me.

Go figure....just when I thought I was out of the woods health wise, along comes this! 

Keep the fan blowing including a small one in your purse!

Kathie