The heat my God the heat!
#195166 - 07/13/05 11:10 AM
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to quote Elaine Bennes.  I am doing really badly with the heat! I worked a total of 9 1/2 hours in it in 2 days and found that last night I got crabby and just basically spent. Today is a total wash out day! I am doing nothing but resting in the AC. I slept really late and feel absolutely crummy all over. Thank God for Heather's diet making me stable or I know I would have had D from the heat. I have now made ginger tea (I had no whole ginger- only mashed up jarred ginger) and I feel a bit better. I have had an on and off headache since Monday. The great news is that between now and next Monday I have 15 more work hours in the heat!  I can do 5 tomorrow, 5 Fri and 5 Mon but what a pain! and the forecast is 90 for well into the future and it has been 90 for well into the past. Anyway maybe we can post ideas about dealing with the heat since we all seem interested in that right now. I do my best; I start at 7 and work until noon or so and then go home, have a cool shower and sit in the AC. I am not exercising at all today and I feel bummed about it, but even exercising in the basement would be too much for me.
One tip: I eat everything chilled or frozen when it is this hot. My cookies are even chilled or frozen. 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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I know, unbearable isn't it? 
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Ugh. I like to wet a washcloth under cold water and then drape it on my face or on top of my head. Or wet a handkerchief and wear it under your hat (if you wear one). Luckily, I don't have to work outdoors, but I don't have air conditioning and sometimes it's hotter inside the apartment than outside!
I think the worst part for me about the summer heat is the drastic change in temperature: going from 90 degree heat outside to a chilly 65 degrees in an air conditioned building. Some places are just TOO cold, so I carry my sweater around with me at all times, especially at the library where I work.
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I do wear a baseball cap. Maybe I could try putting something wet in there. I carry a washcloth and extra water and wash my face and arms from time to time. I just always feel like my brain is being fried like an egg. I have no brain power at all when like that. (It is hilarious because when I am that hot I am not afraid of dogs at all!) And I was calling on a job and thinking how am I even going to speak coherently!
But as long as I am ranting, I have to complain about those crazy people who like hot and humid weather and don't understand how bad it is working outdoors in it! They make me irate!
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Supposedly the traditional baseball trick for keeping cool is to put a cabbage leaf under your cap. I've never tried it, but it might be worth a shot. I also thought that somewhere, sometime I saw something that goes around your neck, almost like those collars people wear when they have whiplash. It's full of something that stays cool, so it cools the blood flowing through your carotid artery which is suppoed to make you cooler overall. I have no idea where I saw it or what it would be called or even if they still make it. Boy, that's helpful, isn't it? 
My brother is one of those people who love the heat and humidity. And he even loves working outside in it. I guess that's why he lives in Alabama and I live in New Jersey, where it's only hot and humid for about 2 months out of the year.
Here's hoping your heat breaks soon.
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
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The heat is unbearable here, too! I miss my parents' A/C very badly right now. And I totally understand about the lack of exercise. I've been a complete slug lately, going from my air conditioned car to my computer chair to my couch. I keep telling myself that when it cools down I'll start walking again... but that doesn't seem to be happening! Yikes.
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"Anyone can exercise, but this kind of lethargy takes real discipline." -Garfield
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I'm here in Houston, TX where it usually gets in the high 90's and will stay that way for the next couple of months.
I have lived here all my life and even though I should be used to it I'm still seeking the AC every chance I get.
I feel for you having to work out in the heat. I found these little kerchef's at Walmart that you soak in water and then refrigerate, it has somekind of stuff in it that chills. When you want to stay cool just take it out of the fridge and put around your neck. It really cools you off but only lasts about 30 minutes out in the heat. I use them when I mow the yard. Here's a pic.
Take care and drink lots of water.
Barbie
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ugg- I always have D attacks if I get too hot- It's been hot and humid here also- we are actually getting a break and having rain this week from the hurricane- it's been a nice break from the sun- not to mention on my a/c bill which was $175 last month!!
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Sometimes running cool water over your wrists helps a little. That's what I do when I am on my throne having a sweat attack.
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Carol
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I have some of the things Barbie posted above, but I have also seen commercials for those big stupid looking things to wear around your neck. Sharper Image or someone sells them. If they made 2 smaller ones to put on your wrists I would buy them but I look dweeby enough with my yellow vest and dirty feet that I don't need a freaky dog collar. I wish there was something like that but more inconspicuous. 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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