I'm sure I wasn't the only one worried about the last two days gone by here in the UK. Intense high temperatures and AF is not a good mix.
It's 12 month since my Dad passed away so at weekend I was up in Manchester by train. Fortunately back before the heat on Sunday got too much though I was carrying two portable fans, fruit and 2 litres of frozen/defrosting water with me. Plus we had an ice cream at Stoke on Trent station because we'd saved up
Monday I was off work and apart from taking an hour in Sainsbury's shopping in the AC I didn't do anything. Even just doing little things round the house was too much.
A combination of the AF, and being on Citalopram has made me quite poor at coping in high temperatures but Tuesday I had to go to work because there was no other option to swap shifts this week.
Luckily my new boss, not for the first time, looked after me. As well as giving me a gentle morning a few weeks ago when I had been getting over my ear/balance problem, this time I had the morning on a ward in 33 degree heat but when the heat was worse in the afternoon I moved to daycase where there were only 3 patients and very little physical work beyond monitoring them as they came round and brewing up/cleaning down.
It still took most of the night last night when I got home to cool down, didn't really feel "cool" here until about 6am when I woke up cold. I've been sleeping downstairs with the patio and windows wide open and upstairs is still humid and stuffy this morning but it's HALF the temperature it was 12 hours ago.
I hope everyone came through it OK and stays well!