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My experience with heat intolerance...
I just got back from Sacramento, where it was 102, 105, 103, etc. Although I bought a case of cold water, always had a cooler with ice & water in the car, and a bottle of water near or in my hand, drinking lots of it, a car with a great air conditioner, I found out that my body really doesn't like heat any more.
Getting there was smooth, the flight, getting the shuttle to the car rental place, where the car was close and had a great air conditioner. We had some trouble with directions to our hotel, and ended up in Roseville, where we had lunch.
Although the car had great air conditioning, the sun was still beating in on me through the windows, and I started feeling dizzy and nauseous, and very tired. I had taken a whole Provigil that morning, too. Had a nice lunch in a very cool restaurant, where I started feeling somewhat better. I had a hard time eating everything because of my temporary crowns, so I left my roommate to finish up while I walked down a few doors to a frozen yogurt shop I'd noticed.
It was burning hot outside. Even back in the air-conditioned car, eating my frozen yogurt, I was still feeling tired and a little woozy. We wound our way back, found the hotel, and our room was really chilly. I was in heaven! My roommate thought it was too cold, so we kind of went back and forth about that until she would notice that I was very pale; she recognizes that as the "Kathy's not doing well" sign.
At the WNBA game that evening, the arena was quite warm, and I had no appetite for dinner. I had a bowl of mint chocolate chip soft ice cream and a bottle of water, but still almost fell asleep sitting there. OK, the game wasn't a very good one, but I felt pretty bad; very tired and woozy.
The next day we drove up to Marysville for the Peach Festival, where even before noon it was around 100, and heading for 108. We walked around, looking at the booths, taking pictures of neat buildings, churches, etc., trying to keep to the shade. We each carried cold water, but it only took a short while before a little old (healthy) lady took a look at us and said "you be careful out in the heat!" with a smile.
My roommate took a look at my face, and marched us back toward the car. She propped me in the shade while she went and bought us each a peach iced tea with lots of ice, then we tried to stay in the shade back to the car. Even shade is hot when it's that hot out! It was hard to walk, I was so tired. I put the iced tea on my wrists, on my carotid, the back of my neck. I mean the cup with all the ice, not pouring the tea on myself, lol!
The tea was great, and so was the air conditioning. I noticed a lot of dizziness when we were heading south, but just ignored it, enjoyed my tea, and tried not to feel so tired. We stopped at a Casino for lunch, and I enjoyed a little slot machine; put in $20, took out $30 after a lot of fun play, something with goldfishes. We stopped a couple more places, and I was so tired I could hardly stand it, so we went back to the hotel.
The next day was the worst, when it hit 105. We drove a short distance to look at Marshall's for good deals on Life is Good T-shirts (found one, plus a cool pair of shorts for me, and my roommate found a couple other shirts for her). I started getting really dizzy, having trouble walking, and not thinking real clearly.
My navigation skills were poor, I got kind of panicked, even in the cool car with cold water, I couldn't think clearly, had a hard time figuring things out spatially. It was horrible; I couldn't think! It was scary.
We managed to muddle our way through, and by luck ended up in Clarksburg, where we had planned to go for lunch.
We had a delightful lunch at this wine shop and deli, where we also had these sparkling soda's made with wine grape juice, non-alcoholic. I wish I could remember the name of the place, 'cause I'd suggest it to anyone who was in the area.
There was a gallery next door, and my roommate wanted to take a look. It was cooled by ceiling fans; I was OK for a short while, but my roommate kept talking to the gallery owner. I had to tell her twice that I needed to go before she really understood; I told her I was about to fall down.
We headed north on a really bumpy country road, and I was tired and woozy, really dizzy when I'd look at the crops or houses we were driving by. The sun was beating in on me. We were going to go shopping on the way to the second WNBA game, but my roommate looked over at me and said: "you need to lie down in the air-conditioned room before we go anywhere", and found our way back to the room.
I still had a hard time at the game, though starting with some soft ice cream cooled me down a bit and I was able to enjoy the game more; even ate a few bites of my roommate's huge taco salad when she was done; some chicken, guacamole, salsa, etc.
I was so glad to head home yesterday, though it's supposed to be in the 90's here today. The air quality was poor down there, which didn't help things. So, here I sit in front of the air conditioner, thinking I'd better go pick up Fluffy before it gets too hot, but not feeling very motivated.
At least my dizziness doesn't seem to be on-going like it was after my trip to Florida. I'll be doing my vestibular exercises just to make sure.
So, the heat, even being careful, made me even more fatigued, despite 200 mg of Provigil and a good night's sleep each night, brought back my bouts of dizziness/nausea, and even some scary episodes of not being able to think clearly. I'm looking at getting a cooling vest for any future trips into hot areas, or just here around home when it gets really hot.
Be careful out there! :o)
Kathy
Getting there was smooth, the flight, getting the shuttle to the car rental place, where the car was close and had a great air conditioner. We had some trouble with directions to our hotel, and ended up in Roseville, where we had lunch.
Although the car had great air conditioning, the sun was still beating in on me through the windows, and I started feeling dizzy and nauseous, and very tired. I had taken a whole Provigil that morning, too. Had a nice lunch in a very cool restaurant, where I started feeling somewhat better. I had a hard time eating everything because of my temporary crowns, so I left my roommate to finish up while I walked down a few doors to a frozen yogurt shop I'd noticed.
It was burning hot outside. Even back in the air-conditioned car, eating my frozen yogurt, I was still feeling tired and a little woozy. We wound our way back, found the hotel, and our room was really chilly. I was in heaven! My roommate thought it was too cold, so we kind of went back and forth about that until she would notice that I was very pale; she recognizes that as the "Kathy's not doing well" sign.
At the WNBA game that evening, the arena was quite warm, and I had no appetite for dinner. I had a bowl of mint chocolate chip soft ice cream and a bottle of water, but still almost fell asleep sitting there. OK, the game wasn't a very good one, but I felt pretty bad; very tired and woozy.
The next day we drove up to Marysville for the Peach Festival, where even before noon it was around 100, and heading for 108. We walked around, looking at the booths, taking pictures of neat buildings, churches, etc., trying to keep to the shade. We each carried cold water, but it only took a short while before a little old (healthy) lady took a look at us and said "you be careful out in the heat!" with a smile.
My roommate took a look at my face, and marched us back toward the car. She propped me in the shade while she went and bought us each a peach iced tea with lots of ice, then we tried to stay in the shade back to the car. Even shade is hot when it's that hot out! It was hard to walk, I was so tired. I put the iced tea on my wrists, on my carotid, the back of my neck. I mean the cup with all the ice, not pouring the tea on myself, lol!
The tea was great, and so was the air conditioning. I noticed a lot of dizziness when we were heading south, but just ignored it, enjoyed my tea, and tried not to feel so tired. We stopped at a Casino for lunch, and I enjoyed a little slot machine; put in $20, took out $30 after a lot of fun play, something with goldfishes. We stopped a couple more places, and I was so tired I could hardly stand it, so we went back to the hotel.
The next day was the worst, when it hit 105. We drove a short distance to look at Marshall's for good deals on Life is Good T-shirts (found one, plus a cool pair of shorts for me, and my roommate found a couple other shirts for her). I started getting really dizzy, having trouble walking, and not thinking real clearly.
My navigation skills were poor, I got kind of panicked, even in the cool car with cold water, I couldn't think clearly, had a hard time figuring things out spatially. It was horrible; I couldn't think! It was scary.
We managed to muddle our way through, and by luck ended up in Clarksburg, where we had planned to go for lunch.
We had a delightful lunch at this wine shop and deli, where we also had these sparkling soda's made with wine grape juice, non-alcoholic. I wish I could remember the name of the place, 'cause I'd suggest it to anyone who was in the area.
There was a gallery next door, and my roommate wanted to take a look. It was cooled by ceiling fans; I was OK for a short while, but my roommate kept talking to the gallery owner. I had to tell her twice that I needed to go before she really understood; I told her I was about to fall down.
We headed north on a really bumpy country road, and I was tired and woozy, really dizzy when I'd look at the crops or houses we were driving by. The sun was beating in on me. We were going to go shopping on the way to the second WNBA game, but my roommate looked over at me and said: "you need to lie down in the air-conditioned room before we go anywhere", and found our way back to the room.
I still had a hard time at the game, though starting with some soft ice cream cooled me down a bit and I was able to enjoy the game more; even ate a few bites of my roommate's huge taco salad when she was done; some chicken, guacamole, salsa, etc.
I was so glad to head home yesterday, though it's supposed to be in the 90's here today. The air quality was poor down there, which didn't help things. So, here I sit in front of the air conditioner, thinking I'd better go pick up Fluffy before it gets too hot, but not feeling very motivated.
At least my dizziness doesn't seem to be on-going like it was after my trip to Florida. I'll be doing my vestibular exercises just to make sure.
So, the heat, even being careful, made me even more fatigued, despite 200 mg of Provigil and a good night's sleep each night, brought back my bouts of dizziness/nausea, and even some scary episodes of not being able to think clearly. I'm looking at getting a cooling vest for any future trips into hot areas, or just here around home when it gets really hot.
Be careful out there! :o)
Kathy
Fluffy wanted to start celebrating my birthday last night and kept waking me up. I'm kind of groggy today, and need to work up my energy to get dressed up a little to go out to dinner.
I checked out the info on the cooling vests and such, and if I had an actual diagnosis, I would qualify to receive them for free! Maybe by next summer. In the meantime, I'll improvise so this summer will be easier on me.
Thanks for the wonderful Birthday wishes.
Hugs,
Kathy
I checked out the info on the cooling vests and such, and if I had an actual diagnosis, I would qualify to receive them for free! Maybe by next summer. In the meantime, I'll improvise so this summer will be easier on me.
Thanks for the wonderful Birthday wishes.
Hugs,
Kathy
Hi Birthday Girl,
The heat really bothers me so much, it's awful...;-(
Even though I run my A/C year round, my body knows when it is hot and it just goes totally crazy...
I am sending for the Cooling vest.. etc.. asap... Thanks Lulu for the info.
Have a love filled day...{{{~!~}}}
The heat really bothers me so much, it's awful...;-(
Even though I run my A/C year round, my body knows when it is hot and it just goes totally crazy...
I am sending for the Cooling vest.. etc.. asap... Thanks Lulu for the info.
Have a love filled day...{{{~!~}}}
I agree with Sam I don't know how you guys cope I did so little in Portugal because of the heat.
But here is an interesting anomaly, there is a predominance of MSer's in cooler climes and yet we can't stand the heat. Seems almost a contradiction. Anyone care to speculate?
Pat
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But here is an interesting anomaly, there is a predominance of MSer's in cooler climes and yet we can't stand the heat. Seems almost a contradiction. Anyone care to speculate?
Pat
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Hi, I went and got Fluffy (the little darling hid under the bed 'til I dragged him out), drove him home, and was just about done for the day. My car's air conditioning is good, but a car sitting in 90+ degree sun gets pretty darn hot and takes a while to cool.
After a sandwich and some cooling frozen yogurt :o), I did manage to go to a close market and buy a few groceries, but mostly watched TV and read the newspaper in the cool townhouse. I had watered the plants last night, so they were still good.
As for the basketball, unfortunately the Sacramento Monarchs have the worst record in the WNBA this season. I'm also interested in the Seattle Storm, who were the opponents for the first game. Their star player had strained her achilles tendon and wasn't there, so the team lacked the normal smooth play that has it in the second place in the Western Conference.
The Monarch's Head coach got fired, the general manager and former coach took over, and didn't do anything better.
Actually, the second game against Detroit was better. They're fighting not to be the worst in the East, so they sparked some fire in the Monarchs, who lost mainly because of a bad call.
We're going back for a couple of games in August, during the CA State Fair, and plan on going there one evening. I'll still need that cooling vest or something, most likely, so I'm going to check out that website that Lulu shared with us.
I don't know if I have MS or what, since no one has come up with a diagnosis, but this heat intolerance really bugs someone that used to hike up and down bleachers in 100+ weather for exercise, and once walked an hour each way in 103 heat to get an iced latte while in Palm Springs, since my friends were out at the golf course.
Oh well, life is all about changing, adapting, growing. I'm learning a lot.
Hugs,
Kathy
After a sandwich and some cooling frozen yogurt :o), I did manage to go to a close market and buy a few groceries, but mostly watched TV and read the newspaper in the cool townhouse. I had watered the plants last night, so they were still good.
As for the basketball, unfortunately the Sacramento Monarchs have the worst record in the WNBA this season. I'm also interested in the Seattle Storm, who were the opponents for the first game. Their star player had strained her achilles tendon and wasn't there, so the team lacked the normal smooth play that has it in the second place in the Western Conference.
The Monarch's Head coach got fired, the general manager and former coach took over, and didn't do anything better.
Actually, the second game against Detroit was better. They're fighting not to be the worst in the East, so they sparked some fire in the Monarchs, who lost mainly because of a bad call.
We're going back for a couple of games in August, during the CA State Fair, and plan on going there one evening. I'll still need that cooling vest or something, most likely, so I'm going to check out that website that Lulu shared with us.
I don't know if I have MS or what, since no one has come up with a diagnosis, but this heat intolerance really bugs someone that used to hike up and down bleachers in 100+ weather for exercise, and once walked an hour each way in 103 heat to get an iced latte while in Palm Springs, since my friends were out at the golf course.
Oh well, life is all about changing, adapting, growing. I'm learning a lot.
Hugs,
Kathy
those of you who suffer in the heat and have a dx, check out the cooling devices we talk about in this post....
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/FREE--for-MS-patients/show/987987
Kathy,
Welcome home. I'm so glad you are smart to know how the heat bothers you and to listen to the signs. I could go for your cooling diet- ice cream for every meal sounds perfect to me! be well, stay cool - Lulu
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/FREE--for-MS-patients/show/987987
Kathy,
Welcome home. I'm so glad you are smart to know how the heat bothers you and to listen to the signs. I could go for your cooling diet- ice cream for every meal sounds perfect to me! be well, stay cool - Lulu
Sacramento in July is NOT an MS-friendly or heat intolerant-friendlly place. I'm so sorry my hometown was not good to you weather-wise. I'm glad you went though and had a good time despite. The good thing here is that you were listening to your body and took care of the heat issues before they got out of control.
So, the WNBA games were not that great, eh? Well, you can't always predict how the teams will play on a given day. How was the spectator turnout? Did the Mav's win or lose?
OK, what about pictures? Did you get some?
Welcome home and glad you are not having the dizziness like the last trip. Take care.
Julie
So, the WNBA games were not that great, eh? Well, you can't always predict how the teams will play on a given day. How was the spectator turnout? Did the Mav's win or lose?
OK, what about pictures? Did you get some?
Welcome home and glad you are not having the dizziness like the last trip. Take care.
Julie
You were not far from me and we get the same temps so much of the time. I don't know how you did that, i was out last week with some lady friends and i got really bad. I had to call my hubby to come get me. Even the restaurant was too warm for me.
Its been around 105 here lately and I mostly stay in the house.
I am glad you made it home..
hugs. meg
Its been around 105 here lately and I mostly stay in the house.
I am glad you made it home..
hugs. meg
wow i cant believe you can survive in heat like that it got to 30 c here a few months back only for less then a week and i noticed all my sx were worst so i dont know how you ms'ers in hot countrys cope i guess us brits complain about the weather being awful but i guess for some its better that way i hope you enjoyed your holiday despite the hot weather.
sam
sam
same here in the desert. equilibrium issues that alsways have the disconnect between my thoughts and getting them out in speech. not every day but intermittently it does happen. happened yesterday. and today i'm wiped out! honestly, it is a bit scary. i know the area where you were at and boy does it get HOT in the summer there.
Your trip into my home turf sounded like fun but the heat is terrible and you did such a good job of pointing out how bad it really is for those of us who do terrible in the heat, including me. I only go out in the morning, preferably before 9 am and then in the evening after 8 pm. We've been having a real heat wave sometimes it gets up to 114 if you can imagine that.
I missed the peach festival - just never go out in the summer where the sun beats down on me.....
Mercy
I missed the peach festival - just never go out in the summer where the sun beats down on me.....
Mercy
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