Night Sweats Anyone?

[Last Chance Sue 4]

I had surgery on the 19th and every night I wake up between 2 and 4 am drenched in sweat. The bed is literally soaked. Kind of reminded me of when I had my hysterectomy and went through "insta-pause." Anyone else experience night sweats or did my body just forget that its "been there and done that".

[Rootman 1,101]

Wow, if anything a lot of us have the OPPOSITE and experience chills and coldness. Be sure to tell your doc at the next visit.

[sassycruiser 5]

Yes, I did

I actually posted this about 2 weeks ago.

It has gone away now - I am 19 days out.

that week it seemed that I run a low grade fever all week and when I took tylenol (Cut up) before bed I didn't get night sweats.

It went away about 14 days out.

Not fun! Especially if you live in a cold climate like I do.

[UXgrrl 29]

I was getting sweats -- along with nausea -- and I figured out it was from the Protein shake I was drinking right before bed. Apparently the Protein in the shake was so easily digestible that my system was "revving up" after drinking the shake.

I was mixing 1 scoop of EAS whey Isolate protein with 1 cup of Lactaid milk. I switched to 0.5 scoop and added 1/2 c. nonfat greek yogurt to the 1 cup of milk, and that solved the problem (for a similar calorie & protein load)

I Googled this issue and apparently some people in the bodybuilding community have trouble with this too. They suggest consuming casein protein instead of whey before bed; or better yet, just eat some cottage cheese (which is what I do now).