I had a complete hysterectomy when I was 34, then I had no problem until 20 years ago and the sweats started, it was hell, I heard a little boy ask his mummy why was I crying, I was not crying I was on the bus, and I was soaked, my hair flat stuck to my head it was a good job I had my usual half roll of Kitchen roll in my pockets. It was awful and it was to much, people use to stare at me all the time, the wsweat ws just pumping out of my body from the top of my head to to my feet, If I wasn't careful I would drip on stuff I was working. My GP was about as use as a chocolate teapot. He didn't know what togive me. Then I didn't ask I demanded to see someone higher than my GP, I was sent to the hospital It was the Cancer Dr,I had been tosee him before, he said Audrie why have you been sent to me, I said I don't know, I was suppose to see someone about my sweating. I had been referred to the wrong department. So it was another wait. I finally got an appointment with Mr Jones and he gave me some tablets at first it helped then I was back to square one. Sweating, again back to the gp, back to Mr Jones, he said there was nothing else. I suffered, didn't want to go out, I didn't want my partner near me, it was hell, even when I was due to go out to lunch with my dad, he use to come in have a cuppa, and he never said a word, and then when there was a lull he said shall we make a move, and we would go to lunch, my sweating would start, out come my half roll of kitchen roll, to wipe my face and then I went back to my hospital to the ENT, department. I had a Ba Ha fitted, this is where a magnet is anchored into the mastoid bone, and the srew is on the out side of my head, and I knew it was a wonderful expensive tool but with water(sweat pumping my out of my head), I was scared that I damaged my Ba ha
Anyway this day it was a woman doctor in ENT and she said how long as this been going on, floodgates opened. She said you can not stay like this, she said I have a colleague here in Sheffield Hallamshire, I would like her to see you is that ok, I said I would try anything. I was called to the encrinology department, she said write lets start at the begining, how long has this been going on for, asked loads of questions and she percribed some tablets, went back after a month she increased and I was cured, but then I started again I saw her partner he, was very nice,and he went through it, wrote out a script said I will see you in a month and then we should be able to let your GP monitor you After a month I was still ok,he said I want to sign you off to your own GP in Barnsley, and I said NO you can;t, he asked why and I said cos my doctor has not a clue about this sweating lark, so he said what would you like me to do??? I said keep on seeing me for 6mnths and If I am not sweating then I will go under the GP. My tablets had to be altered not the ones for the sweating, but other medication was altered but in turn that was me sweating, I thought I just don't believe this. Anway looked up the medication for the sweating, read about it. Went to the gp and said when ever my medication is altered it mucks up my sweating, can I try a 5 mg increase in the morning and evening. I did that and after a couple of days I had the extra, and I was fine and still fine, touch wood, my Ba ha is worn all the time, now, which is great, I am not sweating no were near the amount I was, now it starts as I am getting ready to go out, Now I give my self more time, so when I start sweating I just sit down for a few minutes. so I am not getting , my hair dripping its really good.
I'm hurtling towards 59 with all the grace and elegance of a hippo on a skateboard. 