I'm burning up!
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63252)
United States
August 19, 2012 11:40pm CST
and my head hurts!
Am I sick? No, I'm just The Alien!
There are days when I might as well just take a lot of meds and stay in bed, except that gets to hurting too...
I wish, sometimes, I couldn't feel pain, but I don't really want to be dead, so I just get up and suffer.
I went out and was asked "how are you today?"
I can't say "fine" if I'm not, so I said "I have a headache, but not bad enough to keep me in bed."
I actually went to Church today - I was feeling better first thing this morning than later. That was nice and everyone was so glad to see me.
Oh, and we actually had a cool day, well, cool for Texas, I'm not sure we got to 90 - and if we did, it was only like the low 90's.
So, why am I burning up? Wish I knew...
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12 responses
@BarBaraPrz (45594)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Aug 12
I was gonna suggest hot flashes/flushes, too. One woman where I go for physio said she's been having them constantly for the past 12 years. She carries a folding hand fan on her belt...
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@GardenGerty (157671)
• United States
20 Aug 12
I am always hotter than those around me, but if you take my temp it reads subnormal, often as not. I figure my body is cooler so the air around feels hotter. I have heard that it can also be a thyroid symptom, but for you, it may just be a side effect of the pain you are in. We are having the same temps you are outside and we are really enjoying the "cooler" weather.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
21 Aug 12
That is so true!
Actually, my take is that you can only take off so much and still be legal!
They say that keeping lightweight clothes on is actually better - I will say that there have been times when I've taken a light weight shirt, wet it down (like put it in the sink and then wring it out) and put it on, doesn't make the humid air easier to breath, but does cool off the body.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
20 Aug 12
Hope u get to feeling better. Did u check your temp.I was right the opposite all day, i was chilly. I did finally check my temp but it was the same as usual. Mine doesn't ever run normal but guess that's because i'm not normal, lol.I bety u are as glad for the cooler weather as i have been.We to have had some very hot weather in Tennessee this summer.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Aug 12
hiAntiqueLady and Elic and I thought I was the only one whose
temp is always 97.6 and when I had that siege
of diverticulitis I had a temp of 99.2 so low grade fever, that is an inflammation of little sacs in ones colon,anyway others too are not 98.6. here in too sunny Southern Calif its been hot hot and hotter with steamy
humidity.I have just stayed inside u nder the air conditioner lol lol
of diverticulitis I had a temp of 99.2 so low grade fever, that is an inflammation of little sacs in ones colon,anyway others too are not 98.6. here in too sunny Southern Calif its been hot hot and hotter with steamy
humidity.I have just stayed inside u nder the air conditioner lol lol2 people like this
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
21 Aug 12
That's my normal to. The heat really bothers me anymore.I have been chilly the last couple of days. I have decided i'm just not normal, lol but i never have been.
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@alaskanray (4636)
• United States
20 Aug 12
I am so sorry you are not feeling well, my friend. I hope you feel better soon. Hugs!
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
Because of the heat,that is why you are burning up. To help you relieve with your dilemma, I suggest you take lots of water to hydrate yourself and lower your body temperature. You may also want to take a shower more than the usual times you do. That is how I make myself cool enough during scorching hot days.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
21 Aug 12
you may have come down with a virus or something, fever is a sign that something is wrong in your body.
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@BarBaraPrz (45594)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Aug 12
The woman I mentioned above said it was as a result of undergoing chemo.
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
21 Aug 12
You poor kid! 
I read the responses because this was written yesterday. I wanted to see if you're feeling better yet, and I guess you are a little bit.
It's hard to say what that was all about. Maybe your body was fighting something off without you even knowing it, other than feeling hot, but not feeling sick.
I know I have some shirts or blouses that I wear which make me very hot where the others are cooler. Sort of like different types of bed sheets. Does that make any sense? 
Sometimes sitting in a warm/cool tub of water will help to cool you down. It brings your body temp down.
Well, for the most part, maybe your dilemna is over for the moment. Glad you're feeling somewhat better. 
I read the responses because this was written yesterday. I wanted to see if you're feeling better yet, and I guess you are a little bit.
It's hard to say what that was all about. Maybe your body was fighting something off without you even knowing it, other than feeling hot, but not feeling sick.
I know I have some shirts or blouses that I wear which make me very hot where the others are cooler. Sort of like different types of bed sheets. Does that make any sense? Sometimes sitting in a warm/cool tub of water will help to cool you down. It brings your body temp down.
Well, for the most part, maybe your dilemna is over for the moment. Glad you're feeling somewhat better. 1 person likes this
@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
21 Aug 12
I am feeling better. I agree that certain clothes and sheet can make you feel hotter, but I haven't even slept under a sheet except for a few times pulling it up all summer and I'm mostly wearing cotton or cotton blends (when I've got to look nice) since May - and not wearing my dark shirts either.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Aug 12
hiElicBxn i bet you are nearing heat exhaustion as that's the way it hits me.,its been hot here for 20 days near 100 with humidity
that won't let sweat cool you off. we had a pleasant July so now we are being punished i guess.Going to church often h elps me when initially I really did not want to go.glad its cooled a bit,Texas is known for being hot.here its the damned humidity that makes 95 to 100 seem like a steam bath I have had the air conditioner on in our room since noon as our room faces the Western afternoon sun and gets hot.I hope you are not running a fever a nd hope you get to feeling a lot better too.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
21 Aug 12
I am feeling better today, don't know what was wrong yesterday. Still on the warm side, but not as hot as I was yesterday.
I avoid the heat so I really don't think it was heat exhaustion, especially since yesterday was the coolest day we'd had since early June!
I do know about humidity - we generally start the mornings in the high 70's with often 85-90% humidity. By afternoon the humidity often gets down in the 50-60% but the temp is often 100 - making heat indexes in the 105 range or higher.
Last summer it was like walking into a blast furnace! The mornings sometimes felt like a sauna with temps in the mid-80's!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Aug 12
so have you found out yet if its an infection or what? people here are actually getting bad colds from air then walking in and out of this awful heat. it hasnt been below 90 since may and most days triple digits but thats AZ for you. 
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
21 Aug 12
It could be the weather. I know the summer weather does make me sick once in awhile! Working in a f*cking hot,badly ventilated kitchen doesn't help either!
Luckly most of Ausgust has been in the high 70's! Being in the 80's is normal! I love this type of weather! I would be sick all the time if I had to live in Texas! yuck!
If I don't drink enough water,I can make myself sick,especailly in the summer! 
Just some ideas.
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