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It's HOT, very hot, and I'm in pain.

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constance.de
constance.de

Decided I wiil do nothing all day.

Got up at 7.30 and went straight to my recliner.  Husband made breakfast.😍Stayed on recliner for 3/4 hour.  What  now?  Oh, a little tiding up wont hurt!  Tidied up and dusted round (the sun, you know)!  Returned to recliner.  Now what?  It'll send me barmy if I sit here all day.😕. OK - could just wash the bathroom floor!!  Done!  Now it is 9.45.  That's 13 hours before I go to bed!  Now what?

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  • amkoffee
    amkoffee constance.de

    Posted

    I live in the US and it has been hovering in the 100s degrees Fahrenheit here . And yes we have air-conditioning . I don't know what I'd do without my air-conditioning and my fan . Probably die or something I don't know. LOL I like to use icebags on my neck when it gets too hot for me. And even though we have air-conditioning I make it a point that even if I am stuck at home that day to walk outside for a little while just to get some of this hot summer air .

  • julian.
    julian. constance.de

    Posted

    I also expected less pain with warmer temperatures. I equated heat with more blood flow. But no. It doesn't seem to work like that. And the more it hurts the more restless I become and the more it hurts.

    All I ever learned, and practiced, about relaxation becomes really useful when it gets hot. Absolutely minimal movement. If its humid aircon or fan. If its dry fan and moisture. Airflow/ventilation is good.

    At the same time, I can't imagine doing nothing. I last about two minutes if I'm lucky. Which is of course a bit paradoxical. I guess I just do less active things when its hot.

    Rather annoying though is that as I've got older I seem to sleep less, which gives me more hours in which to do things, while seeming to be less capable of doing them. Bah humbug.

    • constance.de
      constance.de julian.

      Posted

      Hi Julian.  Haven't 'spoken' to you lately.  I've missed your humour.😀. 

      It's the 'doing nothing' that gets me too.  I can't/won't go out when it is this hot.  Luckily we have a great atrium in our appartment block with exotic plants so I walk indoors.😏

      Apart from waking up in pain several times a night I sleep really well.  I just pop a tablet in, try to relax, and then I'm off again.  I suppose during the 24 hours I sleep about 9/10 hours.  

      Hearty greetings fr Constance.

    • nick67069
      nick67069 julian.

      Posted

      Interesting!... My experience is the oposite... Cold weather is what makes PMR more unpleasent for me... I am fine with hot weather, as long as I drink enough water.  Even in a summer I don't skip my daily walks or bike rides, but it takes almost 1 liter/hour of activity.

    • EileenH
      EileenH nick67069

      Posted

      Damp of any sort - hot, cold or in between is my bugbear. It can be minus 15C and i'm fine. As long as it is dry...

    • Anhaga
      Anhaga constance.de

      Posted

      Yes, although my OA really doesn't bother me much, it does tend to be worse in warm weather.  I think it's because the tissues swell.

  • Anhaga
    Anhaga constance.de

    Posted

    The suggestion of a wet towel is good.  You can actually buy (or make yourself if so inclined) little neck scarves filled with granules which turn into gel when soaked, and this is brilliant at keeping you cool, both indoors and out.  I used to use one a lot until we got a heat pump, which works in reverse in hot weather to keep the house cool  I love my heat pump.  cool
  • koen1
    koen1 constance.de

    Posted

    I am lucky, live in upstate ny. Don't have airco. It gets 35C here only seldom, but I live at 700m elevation on a lake. Spend a lot of time in summer right at the cold deep spring fed lake with my Kindle. In the house we have ceiling fans to move air and stay comfortable. Still I prefer winter, when I get in the basement and do woodworking or read my Kindle in front of the fireplace.

    Life can be great with Pmr or GCA if it is under control and pred does not bother you too much.

  • Michdonn
    Michdonn constance.de

    Posted

    constance.de, love my time in Germany, in the service outside of Hanover then in later years with Siemens in Munich. Where are you located? Yesterday we went to Santa Fe it was 101 f, came back to Los Alamos, it was 89 f still but with a nice breeze.

    101= 38.3, 89 = 31.66 I enjoy the cool mountain breezes. Keep smiling!

    • constance.de
      constance.de Michdonn

      Posted

      We are in the north west of Germany.  Soest.  We have lived in Germany for 46 years - British born.  Don't usually get these very high temperatures here but it is a 'mad' summer.

  • Michdonn
    Michdonn constance.de

    Posted

    I do not think I was there, but did spend some time working in Kassel. Wiring which I did in several places.
    • Michdonn
      Michdonn constance.de

      Posted

      Oh, Constance I sure all has changed since I was there. I enjoy Germany! It hot here also, hot ever where I guess.
    • Silver49
      Silver49 Michdonn

      Posted

      Alas it's not hot in Scotland. We've had to put the heating on and my nose is cold. If it was wet it would be the sign of a healthy dog!!

    • Michdonn
      Michdonn Silver49

      Posted

      Well no global warming in Scotland, good for you. So hot in Arizona some of airplanes can not fly!
    • Silver49
      Silver49 Michdonn

      Posted

      Our seasons have changed here. I can remember long hot summers and cold winters with a lot of snow. It is more unusual to have a winter of hard frost and snow. Planes have been grounded because of problems with snow but it's more likely to be as a result of fog!

    • constance.de
      constance.de Silver49

      Posted

      Oh dear - everone here is cursing because of the heat.  We can't win, can we?

      I had a Scottish friend who was always on about how beautiful and friendly Scotland was.  One day I asked him why he didn't go back (he was only mid 30) and his answer was "I would tomorrow if it wasn't so cold and damp".

    • EileenH
      EileenH Silver49

      Posted

      This morning the Sky weather forecaster mentioned the east of Scotland getting foehn - the hot wind called the hairdryer! All over southern Germany and the Alps we get it - can be real storms with it.

      Like Silver I remember long hot summers, especially in eastern Scotland, and Blairgowrie was the beginning of snow for the most of the winter, with a foot or more lying - loads more a few miles up the road. never say any the last years we were in Meigle - except the end of October the first year we were there when we were cut off from Dundee for a few days. We got winter tyres and it never happened again!

    • Silver49
      Silver49 EileenH

      Posted

      I am originally from further north and I remember being sent home from school when the snow became quite deep and I didn't live very far from the school. I've travelled over Tullybaccart on a wing and a prayer in blizzards and had the road closed behind me. It seldom happens now. The wind has certainly risen here but we have had a lot of wind recently which dries up the ground. I have resisted buying winter tyres as we can just lie low if the snow comes now. It's cool here today. I think we may have to put the heating on later.

    • EileenH
      EileenH Silver49

      Posted

      When we came to uni in Dundee there was a road over by Balmoral that was closed every October and forgotten about until May - can't remember the name offhand - but these days it makes the English national news if it has to be closed!

      I love my winter tyres - as soon as the temperature is below about 8C you have far better grip even in rain. It isn't just for snow, it is cold roads as well.

    • constance.de
      constance.de EileenH

      Posted

      Are winter tyres compulsory in Italy?  They are here in Germany - even if you  are only a visitor - which stops our son from visiting us from Easter to October, unless he flies.
    • EileenH
      EileenH constance.de

      Posted

      They are in the north - although carrying chains is also acceptable I think.  I thought in Germany it depended on "Strassenverhaeltnisse" and applied all year round? i.e. you can opt not to have them provided you don't go out in snow. We also have specific dates outside which even if it is snowing you can technically go out - and MUST remove the winter tyres by May 15th. Even though we can still have snow at altitude.

      But we;ve never found it a problem - 2 sets of tyres and each lasts twice as long. We even have winter tyres for the campervan - I have no desire to have chains for it...

    • kathy67492
      kathy67492 EileenH

      Posted

      I must say I did not like it when this forum started the political discussion....but all this other news is quite enjoyable...a "break" from the PMR...and very much like a Travelogue😊...so interesting to me here in the U.S.!

    • Anhaga
      Anhaga kathy67492

      Posted

      I've just been having a very pleasant chat through FB with an osteoporosis forum member, comparing the places we live - approximately on opposite sides of the globe from each other.  cool

       

    • constance.de
      constance.de kathy67492

      Posted

      It's just so good to have "chats" every now and again, away from our problems with PMR/Pred.  We're just ordinary people who like to share and have a laugh/smile occasionally with "friends".

    • Michdonn
      Michdonn constance.de

      Posted

      And sometimes a cry, when a forum friend has a flare or problems with a doctor or even having problems with medical insurance. When I has having trouble walking around our little pond, two men came an gave me encouragement. Now that I am walking miles I still go back to the pond, walk with them one of them has just been diagnosed a diabetic, I have been one for 55 years so we also discuss that, I am very sorry for him he is over weight and in terrible shape! Yes, it makes me sad, he is affraid that his wife and him will lose there insurance. We live in a SAD world!
    • Silver49
      Silver49 Michdonn

      Posted

      I find it so sad that someone has to worry about medical insurance. Our NHS may not be as wonderful as it used to be but as a family we cannot fault it. The treatment we have had has been and is excellent. I can't even begin to imagine how it must feel for someone having to worry about insurance. I think that is lovely meeting up with someone who has helped you. There are more good people in the world than there are bad. I do hope there insurance continues.

    • Silver49
      Silver49

      Posted

      That should have been 'their'

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