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Re: -a lifetime thing? building muscle ---wait, night sweats??
From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 11 May 2000 19:17:17 -0500 (CDT)
I don't mean to scare you. It could be something very simple or maybe
it's just you, like I said, I'm only going by somethign a dr. on tv has
talked about(!) Just might be worth checking out just to be sure.
At Thu, 11 May 2000, Barbara wrote:
>
>I too have watched lovelines, never seen Dr. Drew mention anything, but
>you are scaring me a little,
>I can't remember if I have ever mentioned this to a doctor or not, I
>just thought it was hormonal. It happens to me also on Codeine, and I
>had them pretty bad right after I gave birth to my daughter - so again I
>thought hormones.
>I will ask my doc though, thanks Mary.
>At Thu, 11 May 2000, Mary wrote:
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>>Okay I watch "lovelines" on MTV soemtimes (show about random 'romantic'
>>and health questions that are asked to an MD on live tv) and this is my
>>only source, but...
>>
>>But everytime someone talks about anything close to sweating in their
>>sleep, the Dr. gets REALLY CONCERNED and says that night sweats are a
>>symptom of something really wrong and you really need to see a Dr. about
>>them. He gets reallys stern. And jsut the fact that you mentioned you
>>wake up 'drenched' makes me worry. Please look into this? (or have
>>you?) I can't remember what it's a sign of but I think it might be of a
>>serious infection or soemthing.
>>
>>Ever mention it to Dr. before?
>>
>>At Thu, 11 May 2000, Barbara wrote:
>>>
>>>I have never been overly sweaty, but it seems to me that my underarm
>>>sweat is stronger or something, I too have underarm sweat even when I'm
>>>cold. I have never thought of it as anti-perspirant - because it
>>>doesn't work that way for me, but as deoderant, and if I'm feeling
>>>really "off"
>>>I notice that I have "stinkier pits". Lovely huh?! It has almost become
>>>a guage of how I'm doing.
>>>I also have noticed that I get underarm stains on my white T-shirts. Any
>>>ideas about that?
>>>Another thing, I have always put on deodorant right after bathing, never
>>>thought anything of it. Once my sister (not bio) commented: why are you
>>>doing that? plan to sweat in your dreams? (I had taken a shower before
>>>bed) and I asked didn't she do that? and she said no she would wait till
>>>she got dressed in the morning. I have to wear deodorant even to bed or
>>>I won't smell so...pretty :).
>>>I also have night sweats from mild to changing clothes, almost nightly.
>>>I can be freezing when I go to bed, and then through the night I shed my
>>>layers, (my husband teases me about my little sock "graveyard" at the
>>>end of the bed-from me kicking them off at night and forgetting to
>>>retrieve them in the morning) sometimes in my sleep and wake up
>>>drenched. Any ideas about that one?
>>>
>>>At Thu, 11 May 2000, Mary wrote:
>>>>
>>>>True true--i hadn't thought of all that. yes. I imagine you must be
>>>>right..
>>>>
>>>>Hey, hadnt thought of the sweat thing at all, but now that it's come up
>>>>up--I don't think of myself as partic. sweaty (esp since I am always a
>>>>little cold) but sometimes--it's the weirdest thing, I will sweat a LOT
>>>>(underarms) even when i'm ice cold,even with antiperspirant recently
>>>>applied. Like, for no reason, just out of nowhere, and sometimes just
>>>>under one arm.
>>>>
>>>>What the h**l is THAT??
>>>>
>>>>At Thu, 11 May 2000, Barbara wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, it's just a thought, but if we can get facial hair,
>>>>>sweat like men, gain weight and lose hair in a male pattern way, why not
>>>>>build muscle like them?
>>>>>After all, shouldn't we get something out of it? :)
>>>>>
>>>--
>>>Barbara
>>>
>--
>Barbara
>
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