Chemotherapy often causes early menopause for women, no matter their age. I know for myself, I went into early menopause. One day I was fine, the next day I felt this overwhelming heat wave while in a store shopping. Couldn’t believe the heat!
That created quite a lifestyle change. Gone were turtleneck sweaters, pullovers, wool, etc. Anything that I felt would create heat and/or I couldn’t get out of quickly when I got a hot flash. Cardigans became my friend. Easy to get on and off in a hurry. Cotton and wicking clothing are also options, although at the time of my treatment (late 1990), they weren’t readily available outside of sportswear.
Interestingly, the hot flashes became a bonus when standing around outdoors in inclement and/or cold weather for my son’s sports games. I was warm – others were cold. However, when the hot flash ran its course, the clammy feeling set in and I was chilled . . . but not for long.
Night sweats are the evening equivalent of hot flashes, so nowadays you can get lovely wicking pajamas. Cotton flannel – not the most attractive – work, but now always what you want to wear. We need to thank the sports industry for the fabric as wicking materials have been used to help athletes for some time now.
A good night’s sleep can be hard to get when you wake up frequently with night sweats from hot flashes and then succumb to the cold clammy feeling afterwards. Then to add insult to injury, often it requires not only changing pajamas but also the sheets and pillowcases depending on the severity.
This is the scenario most women going through cancer treatment, namely chemotherapy, face as they are often thrown into early menopause. When sleep is a key ingredient for allowing the body to heal, finding a workable solution to the effects of hot flashes becomes imperative.
Wicking pajamas as well as wicking sheets and pillowcases are a great option. The fabric will wick away the sweat keeping you reasonably dry so you can continue on with your sleep. Borrowing the fabric technology from the fitness and sports industry, applying the wicking capacity in garments for cancer patients provides a wonderful solution to the nuisance and unpleasantness of hot flashes.
With chemotherapy comes menopause whether you are near that age or not. And, along with menopause, come hot flashes and night sweats. Very uncomfortable.
There are wonderful fabrics out there now that wick away sweat so you don’t have that clammy feeling after the hot flash. The sportswear industry picked them up first, but with the advent of so many women going through menopause, wicking fabrics are used for lovely nightwear.
Although the wicking fabric works well for your nightwear, having sheets and pillowcases that also wick sweat gives one an added level of comfort. Then consider not only sheets, but also pillowcases, mattress pads and blankets.
Whatever promotes a good night’s sleep is worth it’s weight in gold. Sleep is an important aspect of healing. Being awakened many times in the night with hot flashes disturbs sleep and impairs the body’s ability to heal.
Cancer treatment often puts women especially, into menopause. With menopause comes hot flashes. They are very uncomfortable because you sweat and then feel clammy afterwards as the sweat stays on your body.
These hot flashes are often associated with night sweats as they often occur at night when you’re trying to get a good nights sleep. Hence the advent of wicking pajamas that will actually wick the sweat away from your body leaving you comfortable at night. This will help you get a better sleep which is so needed for healing when you are going through treatment.
So, give them a try. Happy sleeping.
For a number of us, being hot and humid is a year round affair caused by not only the weather, but by menopause and/or side effects of cancer therapies. Whatever your cause, it is always good know how to take advantage of special deals on wicking clothing and stock up.
Wicking clothing is evident in the sportswear industry and savvy women have understood the need for this type of material for basic living needs – i.e. wicking pajamas, dressier tops, pillowcases. For sure they make a huge difference in comfort. No longer do you have to wake up to sticky and clammy. The fabric in these garments will wick the sweat away from your body helping you achieve a better nights sleep and more comfort for daywear.
A big sale is on now for these wicking pajamas.
If you are a woman going through menopause, you will understand the benefit of wicking pajamas. Getting up in the middle of the night, drenched and having to change pajamas is not fun. Not only is it inconvenient, but it disrupts sleep which is sorely needed at this time of life. The fabric in these pajamas wicks the sweat away from your body and relieves the clammy feeling you get after the night sweat.
Also look for wicking pillowcases and sheets, as well as wicking nightwear for men. Sometimes going through cancer treatment causes men to have their version of night sweats. Who would have thought!!
We all have different styles of nightwear – some of us prefer nighties, some pajamas, and the weather also makes a difference. Warm, cozy versus minimal and cool. Also sexy versus practical.
Another consideration comes to mind after cancer treatment as often chemotherapy will tip women into menopause. And, with menopause come night sweats and hot flashes and changing pajamas when they become soaked.
To help alleviate this situation, you might want to consider wicking pajamas, nighties, etc. They won’t take away the night sweats or hot flashes, but they will wick away the sweat and reduce the clammy after feeling.
Having night sweats is no fun. They wake you up in the middle of the night and leave you with that awful clammy feeling after they subside. How to cope?
Wearing wicking pajamas – pajamas that wick away the sweat – help the situation. They wick the moisture away from your body and reduce the clammy feeling allowing you to get back to sleep in comfort.
Night sweats come to most women going through menopause. Night sweats also come to women who are undergoing cancer treatment, namely chemotherapy. The chemotherapy often throws women into early menopause. Finding workable solutions to get through this period in your life helps make it a little easier.
Anyone who is going through menopause, whether due to their natural life cycle or surgery and/or chemotherapy induced, will understand the above statement. On one hand, it is a great way to stay warm; however, the resulting clammy feeling of cold sweat is disconcerting and definitely uncomfortable.
One way to minimize the discomfort of the hot flashes is to wear wicking clothing. Sportwear shops carry undergarments of wicking material which help. However, these hot flashes also occur as night sweats where in the middle of the night you are drenched. In this instance, the same technology of the fabric used for sport activities, has been designed into wicking pajamas and even wicking sheets and pillowcases.
Some of these companies, also make more dressy tops that can be worn during the day to work and even out for an evening event. So whether you are in menopause naturally or from surgery or cancer treatment, there are some great options out there to make you more comfortable.
For women, in particular, cancer treatment often sets off menopause. Menopause then kicks in with night sweats and hot flashes. These are very uncomfortable because they come in waves causing periods of intense heat (and sweating) with accompanying periods of cooling off and that clammy feeling.
With wicking clothing, the sweat is wicked away from the skin lessening that clammy feeling. This wicking fabric has been used in sportswear clothing for a number of years and is available to wear as well. The benefit of wicking clothing for cancer patients is the fact that this fabric is now used for wicking pajamas, tops that go from casual to dressy, and even nightsheets and pillowcases.
Even though winter has hit many of us, hot flashes and night sweats still bother most women. Our menfolk suffer a bit as we turn down the thermostat and open windows at night. They freeze. We sweat. So, maybe night sweats pajamas would be a godsend for our menfolk – not only are they practical but some are very sexy.