Allen
07-16-2001, 05:49 PM
In Arizona we just passed thru the oven, like 116 degrees. Now, tho the temps will lower a tad, the humility increases because it's our monsoon season and theoretically it rains(My Fibro can feel the weather changes, no joke). Don't ya'all believe that blather about frying an egg on the sidewalk in Phoenix--fact is, you could grill a 25 oz. Porterhouse steak with all the trimmings. I hear you folks North of us have your own problems. Do you really have mosquitoes as big as helicopters? Does this post prove that the desert heat eventually fries your brain...nah! Arizona Al
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kraypm
07-16-2001, 06:31 PM
Hi Allen,
I'm in Houston, Texas, and I would bet we could fry eggs, too! It really does effect my energy level. I'm in Vampire mode - come out when the sun goes down.
Hugs from Houston,
Karen
I'm in Houston, Texas, and I would bet we could fry eggs, too! It really does effect my energy level. I'm in Vampire mode - come out when the sun goes down.
Hugs from Houston,
Karen
Fawnnie1st
07-16-2001, 11:37 PM
I can definately identify with ya'll's descriptions since we folks in MS have been feeling the heat and humidity too. Vampire mode sucks too! Good name for it, Karen!! Getting outta the bed at dawn to get things done outside before the sun comes up and not going to bed until well after dark cause you were out there trying to finish up what I didn't get to finish that morning is about to sap what little energy I used to have. Allen, you don't have to go north to find huge skeeters....you are welcome to come to MS and I'll show you our swamp skeeters(my daughter calls them pterodactyl skeeters)---one of those things could fly you back home for free..LOL! Try to stay cool!!
cioc1212
07-17-2001, 01:09 AM
We've been having a wet time in PA and the mosquitos are definitely on the move. We have to really watch out, there have been quite a few cases of West Nile Virus on the East Coast. I don't know if it's more or less prevalant in other parts of the country but it certainly makes those itchy little bites a lot less innocuous!
lj-111
07-17-2001, 04:00 AM
Having lived in the west from El Paso (my husband & I met there)to Las Vegas, i know exactly what you mean. The heat sux, but I think you'll fair better than the cold...
I now reside (for business reasons) in Mississippi (the south)... We don't get bothered by mosquitos man, we just hop on them and ride them to work and to shopping malls!!
:) Lisa
I now reside (for business reasons) in Mississippi (the south)... We don't get bothered by mosquitos man, we just hop on them and ride them to work and to shopping malls!!
:) Lisa
Mamanell
07-17-2001, 11:06 AM
116 degrees! Wow! We don't get quite that hot here (been running around 90) but we have very high humidity, so even 90 can feel like 105. I used to love the summer. Laying on the beach, soaking up the sun. Not any more. I'm ready for fall, like last month. I've already had more than enough summer.
I haven't seen those giant mosquitos here in North Carolina, but we've got plenty of the little black ones that really bite. I can't go out to water my flowers in the evening without getting eaten up. I guess the mulch around the flowers stays damp making a good breeding ground for the little buggers.
I haven't seen those giant mosquitos here in North Carolina, but we've got plenty of the little black ones that really bite. I can't go out to water my flowers in the evening without getting eaten up. I guess the mulch around the flowers stays damp making a good breeding ground for the little buggers.
asil
07-22-2001, 11:29 PM
well in my little town of oklahoma today our bank said it was 107 and i also think i could have fried an egg on the side walk, i dont get out to much in the heat either anymore but sometimes i go out just to warm my bones i keep the air-cond. on about 78-79 degrees during the day cause where my hubby works he's a welder and it gets about 140 degrees so when he gets home he wants a cool house so sometimes i just use a little blanket when i get cold in the house, i woke up to 9 new bruises on my body today and i have no idea where they are coming from i told the dr. about this last month when i phoned his office and he didnt sem to concerned so when i go in the later part of august i will talk to him then, does anyone else have these pop up on them? if so does anyone know what the problem is or what we are doing wrong or is it just some of the wonderful things that just come along with f.m.? i am still trying to deal with all this stuff but i did find new records from where i had my cat scan in 99 and was gave a scrip for dizziness guess this all started around then but wasnt diag. till late feb. of this year wish i could remember if anything tragic had happened around then but memory is foggy and can barely remember what i ate for breakfast. haha but truely if anyone knows about the brusing let me know cause i am really baffeled about it. take care .
Mamanell
07-23-2001, 10:20 AM
Asil, please ask your doctor to check out those bruises. Bruising is a very significant sign that should always be evaluated. It could be nothing, but there are lots of causes for bruises that just seem to appear.
Leukemia
Autoimmune diseases
Reaction to meds
Viral infection
thrombocythemia (not enought platelets)
There's many more, but if you're having several at a time "just appear" that can't be accounted for, you need to have them evaluated.
Lots of Hugs, Luv and Prayers
~Nell~
Leukemia
Autoimmune diseases
Reaction to meds
Viral infection
thrombocythemia (not enought platelets)
There's many more, but if you're having several at a time "just appear" that can't be accounted for, you need to have them evaluated.
Lots of Hugs, Luv and Prayers
~Nell~

