when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 textile designer Pauline Birse from Selkirk knew something of what to expect with chemotherapy - nausea and likely hair loss - but she was completely unprepared for the night-time sweat-soakings she experienced.
when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 textile designer Pauline Birse from Selkirk knew something of what to expect with chemotherapy - nausea and likely hair loss - but she was completely unprepared for the night-time sweat-soakings she experienced.
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health & wellbeing How I … created super-dry pyjamas to give cancer patients a good sleep rebecca McQuillan
Pauline would waken with dripping wet pyjamas sticking to her from neck to ankle and had to change them – and her bedding – four or five times a night.
Sweating can be a symptom of some cancers or caused by cancer treatment. It is highly distressing and interrupts sleep when a patient needs rest the most.
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