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Heat stay away!

May 21
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This warm thread had members rallying around the shared struggle of managing MS symptoms in extreme heat, with many swapping tips for staying... Read more

This warm thread had members rallying around the shared struggle of managing MS symptoms in extreme heat, with many swapping tips for staying cool and safe. Several members shared practical strategies like using neck cooling fans from Amazon, hydration powders like LMNT, cold water bottles chilled overnight, placing cold cloths around ankles, and leaning heavily on air conditioning. A recurring theme was community care and encouragement, with members checking in on one another, sharing a laugh over ice cream choices, and reminding each other to rest and not push too hard.

A MyMSTeam Member

Hello peeps, from hot 🔥 Havasu!! Stayin' cool inside! 😎

June 8
A MyMSTeam Member

Hi Heather, I answered in other people's questions but I will answer yours also. Most importantly, I time my activity and limit my time in the sun but will go out if absolutely necessary like getting food for the weekend. When I do that, I almost always bring with me a filled-up, chilled bottle of water, easy to carry and eat fruit like grapes and berries and wear a bucket or sunhat. During the heat of the day when I've done everything I need for the day, I stay home in air conditioning. Sometimes, I go to the movie theater and go out to eat as well as hang out at the mall the theater is in until around dinner time or 7 p.m.

May 23 (edited)
A MyMSTeam Member

Thank you for the Celsius/Centigrade computation, Heather. Sadly every summer, it gets hotter than this in July and August, with 3-4, sometimes 5 day heatwaves of 100F+/40C+-that's the part that literally and figuratively sucks about Northern California. Even down in S.F., Pacifica, Half Moon Bay and other places on the coast, even up in the Sierras-no relief, ugh!

May 22
A MyMSTeam Member

91° Wednesday! That's 32°C in New Zealand, that's hot! I'm so sorry, it must be awful, very difficult to keep cool. Anything over 20°C makes me very brain-foggy & faint.
I bought a hot-water bottle shaped like a U, to go around my neck, Well, at the end of each day here in summer I fill it up with water, then in the fridge overnight, & it's just wonderful on the back of my neck!!
Take extra care of yourselves dear people, like Margann said -lots of ice cream 🍨 🏝️
💞🙏🫂🌻😎🤗🙏🥳

May 22
A MyMSTeam Member

Good Sunday morning, Lyndie!

June 28

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