Happy Birthday! I so wish I could provide a magic salve :(
One random idea - to stay cool, i have resorted (in addition to AC, cold drinks etc.) to putting a blue gel ice pack in a knee high stocking and placing it in the freezer. When it's nice and cold I strap it to my forehead. The stocking provides a "tie" but is thin enough to not take away any of the cooling factor.....
I also sleep with something called a "chillow" (yes, i kid you not - there is a product by that name) - it's a pillow that stays cold when you lie on it. If anyone is interested i can give you more info....i use one for my feet, too (i have bad neuropathy, too).......
Hey, do you think maybe your body is overreacting to the air conditioning, warming you up because it "thinks" you're getting too cold? Maybe if you turn the AC down, your body thermostat will down-regulate a bit, so you won't feel as hot?
I don't know what I'm talking about, i just thought I'd throw this out, as another one of those frustrating maybes.
I have found that if I keep misting myself with a spray bottle, I feel warmer when I stop (unless I am outside, in a breeze).
Sorry things are so rough for you right now. I hope you have a nice birthday and are feeling better soon. IV's sound like a good idea. Do you have an urgent care center that will do IV's? I got my last one there. Also, have you thought about calling your dr. at Cleveland for additional ideas?
Hang in there!
:)
Laura
First of all Happy Birthday!! I too hope that you have a good celebration. Maybe ice cream cake would be appropriate this year? ;)
If you have access to a yard I am wondering about two possibilities. One is one of those water spritzer things that mist you in addition to submerging in a pool of any kind including a kids pool. We can have really hot days in summer here. We have a smallish above ground pool we put in and on hot days I go in and submerge and I don't towel off when I come out. I am able to stay out as long as I am wet. Otherwise I have to be in the A/C.At least it would give you some reprieve from the one room you are keeping icey.
This morning I was borderline hypothermia. These bodies of ours....sigh Marie
heiferly,
i amhoping your week gets better for you! crummmy to ffeel so punk, but on a time you want to have fun, it stinks.
i do not have any wisdom , to share on what will do that to you:(
bu t happy happy birthday:))
amo
Happy Birthday and hope it is a good one. Maybe it will be the start of a good year!
May this be your year,
Christy
Hope you have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY hunny *****
Fingers crossed that you start to feel better soon x
I do hope that we are all invited to your ICY party........promise we wont complain!!!!
p.s. I am still *27* - this year was my 5th year reaching this fab age!!!
xx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Heat intolerant? Well, I guess autonomic dysfunction involves hypothalamic dysfunction causing thermo-dysregulation? Okay, that just popped out as my first thought. LOL It may be true, but it doesn't help. What can you do for a broken hypothalamus?
Cool fluids will help.
And don't eat foods that warm you up, such as corn.
AND HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Well, I (obviously, based on everything else I've written on here) have no words of wisdom for you,
but I do want to wish you a happy and healthy birthday. With no floor-hitting. :)