I used to love every moment of hot weather, which really brought me to life. Now I find I can't wait for the cooler evenings to arrive..is this, I wonder, an effect of Prednisilone, or PMR, or just advancing age!
This forum is wonderful and I feel so supported by all of you.
I suspect its a bit of everything. I love the sunshine but high weather temperatures leave me feeling much more fatigued. I'm ok if I can stay cool.
A bit of all three probably….,and as discussed yesterday or day before, we don’t cope with extremes of weather very well, especially with illness or age!
Not sure whether I am sweating from the heat or the pred. Hate it anyway.
At least as someone said a few years ago we might not be putting on weight.....?
Same here any exertion or walking and my head and neck are drenched 🥵🥵🥵
However the drenching probably makes us cooler? I think that' s the idea of sweat.
Phew!! I know the feeling, unable to do anything, just about have my shower in the mornings and very quickly clean the floors.
Didn’t sleep last night as I was just too hot, I used to love the hot weather but not this hot.
It’s only for a few more days.
Xx
Glad that I am in Brighton. The South West sounds much worse.
Dorset was 29 degrees yesterday haven’t been out in garden for few days quite unbearable.
Ah yes - we are in south Devon where it never (usually) gets hot, but our thermometer is nudging 30.
I feel dreadful. Just outside London. Roll on Friday
Yes I gather London is as hot as Devon.
Yep ☹️
Me too. Like a limp rag. I last about 6 minutes in the garden.
I manage to water the garden in the evening when it’s cooled off a little. Absolutely no pottering in the day, 3 showers yesterday !!!
Extra showers during the day certainly make you feel better, even if only temporarily. I found that actually NOT putting moisturiser on arms and legs also helps the sweat to dry off, cooling me down. But the main thing is DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. This from someone who lived in a semi-arid country for 24 years actually in the desert for 18 months.
When it gets too humid sweat doesn't cool you off. It's been 100% humidity here (Nova Scotia) for days. Fortunately temperature dropping so with a breeze it's now quite pleasant. I remember returning home from 10 days holiday in Egypt during August a few years ago, and feeling far more miserable at home in my garden - it was the humidity at home!
It was 34 degrees here in the New Forest yesterday. We left home! But went for a walk in the deeply shaded woods then had a shady picnic in what is usually a windy area! About 2pm a lovely breeze started so we stayed there with books, crochet, puzzles, watching the fawns eat etc! Sometimes, if you look, there’s a cooler alternative! Tomorrow we are packing a supper picnic and going into the forest in the evening! I realise not everybody has this choice, but if you have a public wooded area preferably on a hill, or the coast where’s there’s often a breeze, it may help! We are loving it!
BUT forgot to say the dripping pouring head sweats are back! They were part of my initial diagnosis and I do have shoulder pain too! But flare is due to dropping steroids back from 5 to 3.5 after 2 weeks at 5mg I think....should have gone to 4.5mg first, then 4mg!
Me too and only on 2mg
Do hope you feel cooler soon.
That's a huge drop from 5 to 3.5mg. Since being on 10mg I have only ever dropped by .5 at a time, and that on the dead slow method. Now that I have reached 5, going even slower hoping to avoid the worst of the adrenal stuff.
Yes but I’d only leapt back up to 5mg for two weeks as per sick day rules and hoped then to be able to go directly back to my norm which had become 3.5. Normally I reduce by 0.5mg each time.
Ahhh, that's different, then. Sorry, hadn't realised.
No problem, I should have put more info!
Excellent idea!
I can't cope well with the heat. I find it best to stay indoors with light clothing and a fan. The less I move about the more comfortable I am. Heat really saps my energy. We keep a stock of low calorie ice pops in our freezer to have as they are refreshing and hydrating 
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Heard an interesting tip on Classic FM for coping with the heat - put aftershave on the soles of your feet......
😂😂😂 I wonder how many will try that. Gave me a laugh anyway.👵🏻
Me too!
I can't stick the heat either and yet I used to love sitting in the sun! My feet are more swollen than usual too which is pretty uncomfortable. I'm in Lisburn, Northern Ireland and we've exceeded 30 degrees today, really not used to it!
I never think of Ireland as being hot! let's hope for your sake that you receive the change of weather first.
You're absolutely right Humlies - it is unusual for us to have such heat. I think that's why I'm struggling so much!
I am thinking of you now and hope you have the cooling breeze that we now have in Devon
My best friend is from Lisburn, she lives in Germany though
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