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Post by minx on Jun 15, 2024 13:49:52 GMT -5
Okay, I don't really have anything to complain about here - I'm in relatively good health, and most of the parts that aren't are either controlled by drugs, or are my fault (get your lazy ass up and walk!!!).
But the one thing I've noticed as time has gone on is that I'm rapidly losing my tolerance for the heat. I've always had issues with being out in the sun too long (aside from sunburn, which is a different problem), and have had many, many cases of severe heat exhaustion that have verged very near to sunstroke. So I learned to be careful.
Well, it's only gotten worse as time has moved along. In the past, lots of hydration, and shade (or sunhats) could keep things at bay. Now it's no exertion in the heat of the day. I suspect all of my meds are not helping either.
We're at the resort. Beautiful sunny day with temps around 85. Went to the pool at 11:30 - with shade breaks and several water bottles, I managed to survive until 12:45. Then I had to back and seek out AC.
Like I said, I am a very, very fortunate person and if this is the worse think I experience as I age I will be happy. But it still irks me!
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Post by k9krap on Jun 15, 2024 18:42:20 GMT -5
My last clematis were delivered today. They were delivered to the mailbox, so I had to totter down to fetch them. I fully intended to tackle fetching the packages that had spilled into the ditch, as I haven’t had a vertigo episode for a couple days. But, the ditch was totally cleared. I guess VDOTtook them all away with the brush. I got the new plants planted and then watered everything. Dragged in my monthly Amazon pantry delivery and now I’m drenched, despite the lovely day, and pooped. I need another shower!
You are not alone.
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Post by k9krap on Jun 15, 2024 21:26:19 GMT -5
Are the kids celebrating Fathers’s Day at the resort with you? If so, do they have to get naked? Just curious, not passing judgement at all.
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 16, 2024 9:39:13 GMT -5
Same. I can only take it in small doses. She can't take it at all, which is pretty standard with MS.
It wasn't really all that long ago that we'd spend what amounted to entire days at the ball field in the sweltering heat and some of those days I'd pull double and even triple duty with coaching and umpiring. I remember a couple of times being in the gear (home plate umpire) and wondering how much longer until I collapsed from the heat. Obviously in my younger days I worked outside quite a bit in all weather conditions and adapted without too much issue but I always hated heat and humidity, although I did teeter on that brink of heat stroke. On two of those occasions I was working in attics, once in a church and another in a fire station. The temps in there are at least 120.
Not supposed to be in the sun at all anymore. I've got a pretty unsettling case of actinic keratosis on my arms and was supposed to do a round of Fluorouracil (a topical chemo) several years ago. After two days I either had symptoms related to it or coincidentally a problem with my anxiety attacks so I quit it. Was going to see a Dermatologist this spring and when I called to confirm my appointment they told me I didn't have one. Might have written about that before but I won't get into now. Anyway, I can't wear long sleeves in the heat and barely ever wear them in the cold. If they made a sunscreen that was high SPF and was dry to the touch (they're all sticky af) I'd use it but have never found anything meeting that need.
Oh well, it'll be 100 degrees soon so outdoor activities will come to a screeching halt over here. Flower gardens are finished for this year and the only thing I have to do yard-wise is water the grass seed I planted from where we took out the trees last year and ground the stumps 2 weeks ago. Looking for some sort of outdoor fans for the back deck so I can hang out there in the evenings without completely melting. Can;t wait for my favorite time of year: Fall!
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Post by minx on Jun 16, 2024 14:38:39 GMT -5
Yeah, it doesn't seem like that long ago that I'd sit at the pool and roast for endless hours at swim meets, or sit at outdoor camps for scouts and live to tell the tale. No longer!
I've had success with Walmart's suncreen - I think it's called equate sport, and you have to get the lotion, not the spray. Goes on and absorbs pretty quickly and isn't sticky. Comes in SPF 100. Don't get me started on the spray-on sunscreen. I have a can for emergency use, but that's all.
We're back at home. Kids don't come down to the resort, and would probably be mortified at the mere thought of seeing their parents naked, let alone taking their clothes off around them! And you can wear some degree of clothing - you'll see people in a t-shirt or a bathrobe. If you are at the pool or hot tub area though, you have to be 100% nude. But once you swim nude, you never want to go back to a bathing suit again! (and yes, everyone showers before hopping in!)
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Post by k9krap on Jun 16, 2024 16:10:12 GMT -5
When I was in college, a group of us went to Pensacola/Fort Walton Beach to visit a friend’s sister who was in the USAF. The AF put them up in a motel as they had no base housing for them. We bunked with whoever had room. One of the guys challenged me to swim nude with him. I met him st the pool at midnight, stripped, and jumped in. My friend was shocked (as was I!) as I am extremely shy and very much hate my body. But, I did it. She had a big beach towel ready for me so I was able to maintain some odesty when I climbed out.
As a teen, I was a sun worshipper. I would waste hours just lying in the sun, baking. Once I was diagnosed with lupus in my mid twenties, that all stopped. Now, if I need to be outside, I wear hats and lots of sunscreen. But I avoid it as much as I can. Watering is best done in the early morning, but if I can’t do it then I do it in the evening.
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Post by minx on Jun 17, 2024 7:43:03 GMT -5
I solved the watering issue by simply giving up on plants ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 17, 2024 10:57:18 GMT -5
We've got too much invested in them to give up. Two separate trips/loads from Home Hebrew and one from Lowe's, plus dozens of bags of soil and mulch, weed blocker, weed/feed, grass seed, stump grinder rental, paid labor, and a fuck ton of beer.
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