I put my night sweats down to early menopause – it was actually late stage blood cancer [Video]

07:40 EDT 08 Apr 2024 , updated 12:20 EDT 08 Apr 2024

Susete Isabel, 40, could be forgiven for believing the symptoms that blighted her at night were due to the menopause.

For months, she’d toss and turn suffering hellish night sweats, leading to days plagued by disabling fatigue.

Night sweats and fatigue are, indeed, two of the most well-recognized symptoms of the hormonal change that can happens to a woman between the ages of 40 and 55.

Susete Isabel, 40, of Canada, was diagnosed with stage four follicular lymphoma after mistaking her symptoms for early menopause, drinking, and working too much

Tragically, Susete’s assumption turned out to be a mistake.

In fact, the mother of-two was suffering late-stage blood cancer.

Susete, of Canada, was otherwise healthy when she started experiencing symptoms in September 2023.

It wasn’t just the night sweats, she also noticed sudden weight loss, and an unusually swollen abdomen.

She attributed the bloating to drinking …