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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / August 2005The heat is killing me
Every year, I look forward to summer. I love summer. I love the heat. I hate the cold. Repeat after me: I HATE THE COLD. But, this year, the heat is really getting to me. I've never had AC because I don't usually need it. I cannot see getting it for the 3 days of oppressive heat, when the rest of the summer is so glorious. Right now, it's 75 degrees F. and I'm sweating like crazy. I'm hot, bothered and miserable. I just took a shower, but that was good for about 2 minutes. I had beer earlier, and seltzer. I had ice cream and salad. I'm just not happy. My question is ........ is this related to arthritis, or the meds we're on, or just plain age? I'm on the usual meds, Enbrel, pred, folic acid, miacalcin, calcium, zoloft, and the occasional tramadol, though I didn't take any today. And, I'm 55 years old. 75 degrees and I'm sweating buckets. It was up to 86 degrees today, and I took Zuki to the bay to swim. We both came home stinking of seaweed and salt water. Any thoughts? Coping mechanisms? I dunno. Maybe I just need to whine. :-(  SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di > Every year, I look forward to summer. I love summer. I love the heat. > I hate the cold. Repeat after me: I HATE THE COLD. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Any thoughts? Coping mechanisms? I dunno. Maybe I just need to whine. > :-( First, repeat after me: it's not the heat, it's the humidity. Second, do you have fans? One summer when I lived in Florida, I couldn't afford to run my AC more than 1/2 hour a day. But having a nice quiet fan aimed at my bed made it possible for me to sleep. Third, don't discount your basic hot flashes. And save your post to reread in January! SignatureAF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball >First, repeat after me: it's not the heat, it's the humidity. > >Second, do you have fans? One summer when I lived in Florida, I couldn't >afford to run my AC more than 1/2 hour a day. But having a nice quiet >fan aimed at my bed made it possible for me to sleep. It is the humidity! Our humidities mid day are in the 20s, very low and at 85 -90 degrees it has been delightful, severe clear every day. You might try an exhaust fan at night to cool down your house, also a dehumidifier might help. or just break down and buy an AC. Good luck, humidity is one reason I moved from the east coast. Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com I also hate the winter. In Britain it is usually wet and comparatively mild, but once that thermometer gets down to below 50F I start to suffer a lot. Wet weather certainly makes things worse. On the other hand I never feel so bad if the temperature goes below freezing because most of the water is taken out of the atmosphere. When I was able, going to the south east of Spain was a treat because the temperature is highish - upper 70s - mid 80sF and humidity is usually very low. As I get older I am more and more convinced that the weather influences the way you feel if you have RA. PeterB > In article <MPG.1d730864e2b857399896bf@news.optonline.net>, > First, repeat after me: it's not the heat, it's the humidity. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > And save your post to reread in January! LOL You are right about rereading this in January. thanks for the laugh. <g> SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di well, di, you're describing me. sometimes even with the ac on, i find myself sweating. my face and head will be soaked. this summer seems worse than ever. i've given up on trying to defrizz my hair. i just wash it and let it do what it wants to do. i give up. i'm on zoloft to help with the 6 years of hot flashes, and it DOES help, but this summer, it can't keep up. i feel for you, diane > well, di, you're describing me. sometimes even with the ac on, i find > myself sweating. my face and head will be soaked. this summer seems [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > diane Ohmigod! I forgot to mention my frizzy hair. I have an appt tomorrow evening to get a haircut. I really don't need one that badly. I just want her to DO SOMETHING. I guess I haven't given up yet. <sigh> SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di Hey Di I can sympathize with youabout the heat. I like winter better myself. The heat kills me. I sweat even at 60 degrees. I am like you, I wonder if it is all the meds? whatever it is I am very uncomfortable and I am 64 years old. We do have AC and better believe we use it. we have a pool but its been to hot to enjoy the pool too. take care and winters a commin!!! jb | > well, di, you're describing me. sometimes even with the ac on, i find | > myself sweating. my face and head will be soaked. this summer seems [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | evening to get a haircut. I really don't need one that badly. I just | want her to DO SOMETHING. I guess I haven't given up yet. <sigh> It's the humidity, I think. Also, don't shoot me, but the alcohol in the beer will make your skin flush, so stay away from it when you're already hot. Unless it's margaritas...j/k. Kelly C. > Every year, I look forward to summer. I love summer. I love the heat. > I hate the cold. Repeat after me: I HATE THE COLD. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Any thoughts? Coping mechanisms? I dunno. Maybe I just need to whine. > :-( > It's the humidity, I think. Also, don't shoot me, but the alcohol in the > beer will make your skin flush, so stay away from it when you're already > hot. Unless it's margaritas...j/k. > > Kelly C. Humidity is a bitch, for sure. But, this summer I am really getting hammered by it. And, I know about the alcohol thing. But, the beer tasted SO FREAKIN' GOOD. <g> SignatureDi zinkadoodle at gmail dot com www.pbase.com/di The humidity is hell here in middle TN. I don't remember a summer that I have been as miserable as this one. Due to the pred I weigh more than I ever have so I've figured that had something to do with it. You'd think I would lose some weight as much as I sweat. Even with the a/c doing its job I never quit sweating. Like you, I hate the cold. It makes everything hurt. Guess I'm just hard to please. Good luck with getting cool Angela The heat and humidity of the east coast are two things I definitely don't miss. Where I am in Washington I'm between two mountain ranges. Even when it rains here, it's not sticky and humid. The summer has been nice (high 70's - low 80's) and sunny. My apartment is on the ground floor and is shaded by a beautiful BIG tree and I am so much more comfortable than I ever was in NYC. I used to have to turn the a/c on in April and leave it on until October. Out here I don't even own one! I did finally buy a 20" box fan, but that was when my building was being painted and I had to shut the windows to keep out the paint smell. Come to Washington :-)))) Carole > The humidity is hell here in middle TN. I don't remember a summer that > I have been as miserable as this one. Due to the pred I weigh more [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Good luck with getting cool > Angela Di, It sure has been hot this year. I hope things settle down for you and that you become comfortable with the heat. You are not running a temp too are you. Have you checked for that. I know sometimes I think it is the heat and for some reason I check my temp and low and behold it is up. But the sweating has been bad this year with the heat here. But some of mine is the thryoid, adrenals, and peri-menopause too. So never can be sure. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Every year, I look forward to summer. I love summer. I love the heat. > I hate the cold. Repeat after me: I HATE THE COLD. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Any thoughts? Coping mechanisms? I dunno. Maybe I just need to whine. > :-( I know humidity just wipes me out htese days. Heat gets to me, but humidity is a killer for me. And I'll start sweating at *nothing* these days. I don't think it's just getting soft after 5 years living up north. (I know it's not menopause as I did that all surgically 6 years ago and have been on Premarin ever since.) We survived in Boston w/o AC but it was rough. We had 2 floor fans and a window fan for our little 500 sq ft place. And we often spent evenings at the Harvard Coop reading in their air conditioning until closing. We do have one window unit now and I'm not giving it up for anything! It's been an unusually warm summer in Michigan and that unit has saved us. We can keep our entire upstairs (living area, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath) livable with that one unit and floor fans to keep the air moving. Even more important, it drops the humidity big time. And we only lose one window's worth of ventilation on other days. I *really* recommend getting one window unit for the bad days. Being able to sleep well makes a huge difference in how you feel the rest of the time. 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