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Heat and the Elderly.

(61 Posts)
annsixty Mon 13-May-24 18:18:55

Although I don’t like to think of myself as Elderly, it is a fact that I am.
I have been absolutely knocked out by the weather these last few days.
Yesterday it was so humid until the evening when the thunder started, it wasn’t really local but we could see the lightening and hear the thunder and it rained heavily.
I hoped the air would clear but not so and now it is heavy with rain again looking likely.

I feel quite ill, no appetite and tired out.
In fact I have come up to bed with the fan on and wearing just a light cotton nightie.

Do other older GNers feel the same or am I just generally not well.
Shades of mortality looming !!

MissAdventure Thu 16-May-24 16:26:10

Thankfully I've never had to find out.
I might go and google though, because almost anything is available these days.

Perhaps somebody has thought of it and produced one.

Tizliz Thu 16-May-24 16:33:27

There is a good choice. Will look at these when new duvet is needed.

Good idea

MissAdventure Thu 16-May-24 16:35:58

My daughter and o were discussing having someone to cuddle in bed, and said it's a shame someone hasn't invented something.

We had a Google, and found a pillow dressed in mens Pjs, with an arm that can go around you. grin

Tizliz Thu 16-May-24 16:37:04

And no snoring 🤣🤣

MissAdventure Thu 16-May-24 16:38:23

Maybe someone has added a snore, for that really authentic experience.

Tizliz Thu 16-May-24 16:59:53

MissAdventure

Maybe someone has added a snore, for that really authentic experience.

🤣🤣🤣

MissAdventure Thu 16-May-24 17:01:25

But, if you ever feel a leg throwing itself over you in the night, its time to throw that pillow out... wink

Tuaim Mon 29-Jul-24 08:09:36

Just reviving this thread rather than start a new one. Yesterday the temperature where I live went up to 25 degrees. I was working in the garden over the lunch time period and when I came in started to feel really giddy and ill. I thought I was going to be sick and faint. Wow! Had a glass of water with a little salt and sugar, put fan on and relaxed in the cool. Thought of the late Michael Moseley. RIP.

Mizuna Mon 29-Jul-24 08:26:11

I'm a winter-lover, always have been
Could swear I have Iniut in my gene pool. Temperatures from the early 20°s affect me. I've had heat exhaustion twice, once in Israel, once in Norfolk. It comes on so gradually you don't realise what's happening. By a lot of trial and error I've discovered that carrying a very small plant spray full of water and spraying it on my armpits and down the front and back of my neck cools me down best of all. It doesn't drench your clothes. I also wear a neck fan all summer. Both these devices have prevented

Mizuna Mon 29-Jul-24 08:28:40

me from getting heat exhaustion. (Sorry a Whatsapp came in on my phone and my Gransnet message was sent automatically. Inuit spelt wrong.)