Once I Finished Destroying My Cancer I Was Stuck With Night Sweats and Beat That Too
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 under Hot Flashes, Night sweats, cancer | No Comment
Putting up with cancer was awful enough for me but the notion of living the rest of my days devoid of one more complete nights sleep was ready to be the end of me. Night sweats had taken hold of me after my surgical treatment and I had to do something about it. This story tells what I did.
A few years ago I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; I was not happy to discover that I would have a hysterectomy at such a youthful age. Although I have two kids already, I wished to have been able to keep the option for any more if we so decided. It is a strange feeling to realize that you can no longer have kids more than ever when it is not your decision.
In the beginning of my struggle I was given a contingent of treatments that required radiation and chemotherapy. The chemo wasn’t very bad in the beginning but as time went on I could tell it was changing my body. I realize it can eradicate cancer but it felt like a fight to the end was taking place within my body and the result would either be me or the cancer. I have always thought there ought to be a healthier way to deal with fighting cancer. Maybe one day the treatment will be made accessible to us, but until then I can only suppose that if there is a natural un-patentable treatment out there, the medical and drug industry will keep it under lock and key.
In time I was able to call myself cancer free and the sense of liberation had covered me from head to toe. However as rapidly as I had found this fresh reprieve I discovered a fresh setback had taken its place.