I know how you feel.I work in a day spa where they like to keep it warm for our guests, but when I am having a hot flash I go and throw the door open. I do wish the guys could experience our discomfort,then maybe we would get at least a little sympathy.

Gee. And here I thought my most embarrassing female moments so far have involved leaking breast milk and having a river running thru, well, ya know.

Being a gurl sucks. It's a good thing God made women the gurls, cuz the guys couldn't do it Thus, their embarrassment when discussing anything "female".

No Beth - It's not a hormonal imbalance... It's just God's gift of a POWER SURGE to women.

Keewee - if you man happens to have a busted thyroid, like me - he gets to learn *all* about hot flashes before you do!

But, affirming our maleness, Boq and I don't read directions, either.

My friend's dad had to go through chemo for prostate cancer last year, and the hormone treatment for that gave him hot flashes as well. His wife said it was justice for the crap he gave her when she went through menopause.

Beth - as to your query, my instinct would be to just tell the truth. If they're uncomfortable, it's their problem, not yours. After all - if you were ill, that might lose you the ability to function for the day, but the hot-flash will pass, I presume.
And, dang it is disappointing to think of what I have awaiting me not so far ahead. I already have mild ones where I swear the room just got 5 degrees hotter - but not the way you describe it ;-)

Thanks, John, at least some of you know what we go through. See I am not too old to learn something new after all.

Well, since someone else broke the anti-male seal. Beth, I concur with Barb. As a guy I'd rather be emberassed for prying into a very private matter for ten minutes rather than wondering for several days if you're really sick and should make you go back to your hotel for bed rest.
It's equal parts chivalry(kinda like a grown woman is forever 25) and not wanting to pry, at least for some of us it is.

It seems to me that addressing it would be the best way to deal with it. Just lightly say something like, "I apologize for my sudden imitation of a flourescent tomato, but it's just a hot flash. No worries." Then quickly pick up right where you left off so that there's no time for anybody to ask questions or start to get uncomfortable.

Or you could disarm them by saying something like, "I'm practicing to be a stoplight for Halloween." And then just say it's a hot flash, and go back to work. Depends on how outrageous you want to be, haha! :D

I would say this in a really breathy way: "Can you keep a secret? I have a computer fetish. These darn things really turn me on." Then I'd wink, rub the monitor and fan myself.

Y'know, Rosemary - I'm pretty sure I don't want to know the history of your email addy!

My wee wifey's menopause was surgically assisted. All the issues were concentrated into one brief month, and in retrospect it was worth it.

Rosemary, you she-devil you!!! I love it, and hope I remember it when the occasion presents itself, as it will *sigh*