After I Finished Fighting Cancer I Was Stuck With Night Sweats And Overcame It As Well

Having to deal with cancer was terrible enough for me and the notion of living the rest of my life without one more full nights sleep was going to be the end of me. night sweats had taken crept in after my surgical treatment and I needed to do something concerning it. This story tells what I had to do.

Not many years back I shocked to learn I had cancer; I was not a happy camper to discover that I would have a hysterectomy at such a young age. Even though I have two children already, I would have loved to been able to hang on to the option for one more if we so chose. It is an odd feeling to know that you can no longer have kids more than ever when it is not your decision.

In the first months of my battle I was mandated a contingent of treatments that required radiation and chemotherapy. The chemo was not very bad at first but as time went on it was apparent it was changing my body. I realize it can eradicate cancer but it felt like a fight to the end was happening within my body and the outcome would either be me or the cancer. I have forever thought there ought to be a better way to deal with this. Perhaps in the future the cure will be made available to us, but until then I can only imagine that if there is a natural un-patentable treatment out there, the medical and drug industry will keep it under lock and key.

In due course I was able to call myself cancer free and the emotion of liberation had covered me from top to toe. However as quickly as I had found this new relief I discovered a new setback had taken its place.

Previous to cancer I had a reasonably normal sleep pattern. I would go to sleep, stir perhaps one time for a restroom break and go back to bed to finish with a satisfied night’s rest. But after the therapy and the operation I found myself thrown into a new world of hysterectomy menopause.

Instantly with this menopause came its cousin, menopause nighttime sweats, and an entire line of other troubles. If I were to tell you each and every one of the connected issues included I might go on without end. The Night Sweats were adequate. The sweats would keep me up all night plus cause my partner to lose innumerable hours of rest also. Eventually it caused my partner to change to an additional room. I had to find a resolution. These night sweats were killing me and my relationship.

I looked at quite a lot of solutions to my dilemma plus tried very nearly every natural and un-natural therapy available. I tried chilly pillows, I tried absorbing nightshirts, I tried exotic sheets, you name it I tried it. I was just about to quit when a companion of mine gave me a thingamajig called a Bedfan. Now to be rather honest with you as she said it over the telephone I thought she said Bed Pan so I was a little taken back given that I could not assume for the life of me how a Bed Pan would assist with my sweating at night.

Nevertheless, the Bedfan came to be the hero I was looking for. For me to explain how it works I will take a passage from one of the original users of the fan. One woman stated it was like cooling off beneath a waterfall and not getting wet at all. That is exactly how it felt. Starting from that first night on, I never had night sweats yet again. Now don’t get the wrong idea I can feel my body getting warmer and only from routine for a while I expected to begin sweating, yet it never happened.

Evidently the way this thing works is, as soon as your body starts getting hot, your bed is not able to get rid of that heat fast enough. By way of the Bedfan the hot air is carried out of the bed, never giving it a chance to build up to sweating. Imagine how it feels; the next time you are relaxing in bed and you start to feel warm, just lift up your legs to raise the sheets up high. Then gradually let your legs down and experience the gentle breeze drifting across your body to cool it down. That is how it feels all night long.

After some time I find myself disappointed that I can no longer have kids but at least I am still breathing. Not only am I still living but credit to the Bedfan, I am able to sleep again and get the rest I need so that I can still spend time with the wonderful kids I do have. I trust this helps someone as much as it has me and my partner.