Cooling tip - Multiple Sclerosis Message Board

Lisa_P · 04-28-2007, 03:31 PM

This is for the ladies -- my mom taught me years and years ago that if you're overheated, you take a cool (not icy cold), wet washcloth and put it under your breasts on the ribcage -- at the bra band area.. Of course, you have to get to a private place to do this (!) but it really does work and the relief is virtually immediate.

She didn't have MS, but had no tolerance for heat.

I don't know how this would help men because I'm not a man and have no experience... as a man.... !!

c57s53 · 04-28-2007, 04:20 PM

Thanks for the cooling tip Lisa. You can be sure I will try it!
Connie

KTMorra · 04-28-2007, 05:13 PM

Great idea Im going to try it as we speak because with the heat in VA right now im slowly turning into a giant puddle.

KT

kimpossible67 · 04-28-2007, 08:10 PM

Good tip! I do a lot of gardening, well I used to. I hope I can keep up with it now. I wet down a old/thin bath towel in cold water and put it around my neck. It keeps me cool, I can rinse it with the hose and I can wipe my face when I'm sweating. Actually that is my Dad's old trick, lol.

Lisa_P · 04-29-2007, 07:33 AM

The older generation... they have great coping tips for just about everything -- must be from growing up during WWII or whatever (my mom is 73). She would put the cloth on her upper chest if she was in public -- and that helps a LOT.

Maybe it has to do with the immedate (topical) area of the heart and lungs?