Maybe you can stitch some cotton fabric inside a hat to make a pouch & insert an ice pack?
Would spray bottles filled with ice water help any?
Posted by Beverly (Member # 1271) on :
Hi realist,
So sorry you have this symptom, it really stinks.
I have lived with this symptom for so many years, I thought it was normal. If I went out into the heat I had to get wet period; either whole body wet or pouring water over my head.
Treating for Lyme/Babesia has made a big difference for me, I can now tolerate much more heat that ever before.
I hope this symptom will improves for you as well and you find something that helps.
Posted by realist (Member # 15105) on :
Here's an interesting idea using a camelback filled with ice:
Maybe you can hire a high school student to water the horses or check on them or whatever you have to do during the heat of the day?
I've been dealing with heat intolerance for 20+ years so I know how limiting it is on ones ability to function.
I plan my time out during the coolest times of the day. Usually go out in the morning and not in the afternoon. If you have to go out in the heat of the day, make it quick, preferrably in an air conditioned car and then plan to recover for awhile by laying down as soon as you get home. That seems to help with recovery time.
Don't fan yourself with anything because the action of fanning yourself makes you hotter instead of cooler.
The other ideas here sound pretty good.
The biggest improvement I've had from babs treatment is that my daughter can now visit our home without the need to wear a coat! I still seem to be infected with babs so I expect once I am rid of it I'll be able to tolerate normal temps.
I hope you can find a treatment that will stop the heat intolerance. It's been great to be able to go out in temps that others consider normal and not have to recover for days.
Terry
Posted by HopefulStill (Member # 15375) on :
This is what I have been doing even though I don't tolerate the heat. I take a very hot bath and when I get out I get under several blankets and make myself sweat for about an hour. The next day my temperature is 98.6 to 98.9 instead of 97.6 or there abouts. The lyme bacteria hates this and I've heard they can't live in high temperatures. I am not recommending this to anyone because I am not a doctor. This is just a strategy I am doing after reading some holistic stuff. I also consume something hot and spicy when I do this. Spicy stuff can make you sweat. Sweating is one way we get rid of toxins. Don't want to recycle this stuff.
Have a good evening.
Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :
I personally hate the heat and I live in California.
But I have heard from LLMd's not to even use ice or cold packs on pain, heat only and not to even swim that it lowers core body temp and Bb loves low body temps.
So I sweat it out...literally.
Posted by TerryK (Member # 8552) on :
The problem with heat for some of us is that it dumps our already low blood pressure. This can be dangerous. You can faint at the wheel of a car or during some other dangerous activity.
For years I couldn't sweat. Babs treatment has helped some but if you can't sweat, you can't regulate your temperature very well. You can get heatstroke.
Terry
Posted by knshore (Member # 13451) on :
I didn't know this was a symptom?! I thought it was normal....guess not!
I am always hot or very cold. Strange.
Posted by mojo (Member # 9309) on :
Lymebytes my good friend - sweating it out is good, I'll bet!
I did my inra-red sauna last night and I thought - "how am I goind to do this when it gets really hot???" It's in my very cool basement but I'm still very uncomfortable in the hot weather and the thought of making myself sweat on purpose is not very appealing!
Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
Hi Fellow Horse Lovers!
Sweat. Man, could I ever sweat.
I grew up in the south and like most southerners, I got cold very easily. Heat was no problem for me.
That is until Lyme. I didn't connect this with lyme. I thought I was approaching middle age and menopause.
Suddenly, I could not tolerate heat. My husband and I kept our house so cold people would put sweaters on when they came to see us.
Still, I rode and I even rode in endurance events. Can you imagine? My salvation was an incredible amount of sweat.
Not that I enjoyed being sweaty all the time. Especially not when at work, but I sweated and sweated. ...hmmm, is sweated a word?
One time I was on my horse and working with a trainer. The trainer was standing beside my horse looking up at me and he had to move back to avoid my drops of sweat. That was embarrassing.
As far as what to do about it, sounds like you are already covering all the ideas. There is a product you can find in most horse catalogs that you keep in the fridge and put around your neck when you go riding.
When I started treatment for Lyme, I started with a doctor who was also a board certified homeopath. He was anthesiologist by day and holistic by evening.
His (FDA approved) remedies knocked out so many of my symptoms....permanently so far (3 yrs). The heat intolerance was one of them.
At the time, I swung from heat intolerance to freezing and for months could sit in a fire and not get warm. During this time, I couldn't sweat to save my life (no pun intended) Gotta love this stupid disease.
Today, my body temp is normal. I finally can sweat again but not abnormally. The heat feels great and so does the cool. I still hate humidity but then I always did.
Wish I had more ideas for you. I chose to suffer and sweat rather than not ride. Although I did become a big fan of winter riding. To this day, I like it best because in addition to no heat, there is also no bugs and no snakes. The horses fare better too.
I sure hope treatment will eventually bring about the same results for you guys.
Luvs
Posted by lymeHerx001 (Member # 6215) on :
Im going to colorado for July and my brother has no AC.
I will be sweating the whole time. But Im hoping it will be good for me.
Im also probablly going to be walking to the bus stop alot.
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