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Night sweats

jhagerup
jhagerup CSN Member Posts: 68
edited March 2014 in Prostate Cancer #1
Anyone experienced night sweats? e.g., wake up with a partially wet shirt? I'm 3 weeks post-op and have been getting them nightly for the past few days. No other symptoms really.
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  • txbarton
    txbarton CSN Member Posts: 89 Member
    #2
    Sweats
    Night sweats, day sweats, any inopportune time sweats.

    I started random excessive sweating about the time of my diagnosis. I have said that if I think hard I sweat. My PCP said it was a hormonal balance issue. It has gotten worse since the surgery. Both urologists I see have confirmed it is hormonal and can be expected after a prostatectomy.

    The surgeon says I can start hormone balance therapy, androgel, when I get the post-op PSA, the local urologist says I can't start it for a year. Androgel is called a "fertlizer" for prostate cancer so I am torn.

    VB
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  • jhagerup
    jhagerup CSN Member Posts: 68
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    txbarton said:

    Sweats
    Night sweats, day sweats, any inopportune time sweats.

    I started random excessive sweating about the time of my diagnosis. I have said that if I think hard I sweat. My PCP said it was a hormonal balance issue. It has gotten worse since the surgery. Both urologists I see have confirmed it is hormonal and can be expected after a prostatectomy.

    The surgeon says I can start hormone balance therapy, androgel, when I get the post-op PSA, the local urologist says I can't start it for a year. Androgel is called a "fertlizer" for prostate cancer so I am torn.

    VB

    Thanks for the info....
    Thanks for the info.... maybe I'll live with them - don't need fertilizer.

    I know that testosterone doesn't come from the prostate but it sounds like something does and therefore, messes us up when it's removed? Interesting.
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  • NM
    NM CSN Member Posts: 214
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    jhagerup said:

    Thanks for the info....
    Thanks for the info.... maybe I'll live with them - don't need fertilizer.

    I know that testosterone doesn't come from the prostate but it sounds like something does and therefore, messes us up when it's removed? Interesting.

    Night sweats
    I have had night sweats for about 6 years could this be a early sign of prostate cancer or just a coincidence?


    Nick
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  • Brian_A
    Brian_A CSN Member Posts: 53
    #5
    I did for a while
    After I came home from my bladder and prostrate rempveal I had night sweats. I would wake up so wet I thought I done pee every where. It has been a year now since the removal and I am 31, but I only have these night sweats every 3-4 months now.
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  • steckley
    steckley CSN Member Posts: 100
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    Night Sweats
    I had night sweats after my prostate was removed. I read that reducing alcohol comsumption would help (I'd have wine or a mixed drink at night) ... I quit drinking and the sweats went away.
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  • tr008
    tr008 CSN Member Posts: 9
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    Night sweats
    I had my surgery on Nov. 3rd and since I've been home I have had night sweats on about 3 or 4 nights only. I have no idea myself but would love to hear an explanation.
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  • gaburrell
    gaburrell CSN Member Posts: 25
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    Night Sweats
    I get both night and day sweats. i was told by my Oncologist that the hormone treatment I am receiving is the cause.
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