I'm skipping daylight hours again to cope with the oppressive heat of these passing El Niño dayssteemCreated with Sketch.

in life •  last year  (edited)

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While some people needs to be well hydrated during these times of the day, I need both of any type of breeze and very cold water to drink.

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It is always very tempting to consume large quantities of fluids to cool me off but I still have to follow my dietary restrictions including my water consumption but ironically these hot days makes me get liberal in my fluid consumption and makes me arrive at my dialysis clinic surprising lighter prior to my dialysis treatment.

Punishing? yes, I am close to getting a heat stroke if not for the industrial fan that my parents bought a few days after getting home from my surgery and it was quite powerful and I also hate using it because I guess that it consumes a lot of electricity because of the strong output of air that it blows towards me. But in this case, a large volume of very warm air is hitting me and I do needed it anyway because the regular fan seems to be not enough to make me relatively comfortable. The feel on my skin is cool in some parts where I am perspiring but warm on other parts which maybe balances my body's core heat which possibly which in turn, protecting me in experiencing case of a heat stroke. But generally I am feeling ill with this kind of temperatures and again it reminds me of having a differently built house that would offer more comfort and safety both for me and my aging parents.

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Most people chooses to stay in their air conditioned houses and room, I myself is just confined in the hottest part of this house with only my gadgets as my companion to give me a relative entertainment value and do my hobbies.

My heart is still ok and not beating so fast during these times of the day because my body heat is always in check, a racing heartbeat is a sign of an impending heat stroke if it would continue unabated. I would experience just like that when I use my Sauna suit for wanting to perspire so much in order for me to shed some extra water from my body. The previous years that I was both waterlogged and under-dialyzed had moved me to think about ways to reduce extra water and salt plus toxins from my body so that I can feel well ad ignoring the safe use of a thing like a Sauna suit.

It was my way to let out extra salt from my blood along with uric acid that was making me feel ill all the time for the reason of inadequate blood-cleaning process of dialysis treatments which I can only go for two times a week. Now thank God a million times it is not the case now because I can enjoy a three times per week dialysis session while again scratching my head because the recommended dialysis standard now is almost everyday to almost completely control the patient's phosphorus level in their body all the time.

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We should be vigilant and always checking our vital signs in order for us to make proactive approach and prevent a health disaster during extreme weather.

Anyway, there is a present danger in using Sauna suits because they are effectively raising the core temperature of the body and because of that, the patient's heart would beat faster and thus making them to get the risk of experiencing heatstroke and it will be fatal or almost fatal all the time that it really can kill even the healthiest of adults. My friend's big sister fell from experiencing heat stroke and died at a young age. My friend told me that his big sister was working as a clerk or whatever kind of bank employee she was at that time. My friend told me that the air conditioning system of the bank had failed that day so all of the employee has to work in a closed space with not much ventilation and possibly got hotter as the heat of the day had stacked-up inside the bank in combination maybe with the added humidity created by the normal respiration of the bodies of employees and its customers and thereby making it more unbearable.

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In general, ignoring the symptoms of either impending health disaster or an underlying medical issue will take a toll on us either by a big hospital bill or death.

Regardless of that, my friend's elder sister just endured that awful situation in the bank anyway and might had possibly forgotten to take a small break and cool herself plus a factor of wanting to continue to finish her assigned task have also contributed about her demise into collapsing and finally suffered a heat stroke that eventually killed her there. She died because of basically being confined in a hot room while working and ignoring what her body is telling her right then and there. In my case I am drinking a very cold beverage all the time whenever I feel thirsty.

I also use two fans working 24/7 with one small fan over my head which is attached to the headboard part of my bed. That mini-fan had been working hard nonstop and does not really break thanks to its brushless motor which I have proven to myself as a very durable motor. Now, because of my almost adequate ventilation system I am not experiencing the heat stroke. However I do think that my body's core temperature is hotter than normal because I can feel it whenever I would take a shower, my body is seemingly warmer to the touch and it makes the water hitting from my skin to feel lukewarm as it slides down to the bathroom floor.

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Using an electric fan is a healthier choice rather than having an air conditioning system in my opinion due to my own health reasons as I was always saying. However using the aircon makes people more productive because they can work for longer hours with out having to make long breaks or sleeping it off like what happens in my case where I have to sleep the daylight away in order not to suffer in enduring these days of abnormal intense heat.

I feel like being lazy all the time because what I do in daylight is just to sleep for the reason that it is not really conducive working or doing anything else with the kind of heat and humidity which can literally kill a person if their case would be just like what my friend's elder sister had done. So it is better for people in general especially the very young and the very old sectors for the reason that their tolerance to the heat and the cold is somewhat more impaired or weak if compared to the your adults of the general population. I had seen it with my parents, they are now almost totally not tolerating even the normally warm (for me) water from the tap for taking a shower, they have to make use of a boiled water to get a warmer water which will be used for their showering.

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Our elderly folks are much susceptible about cooler or hotter temperatures because of their impaired body temperature regulation, the same for little babies because of their smaller size.

For me, it will just be better to relax and be as comfortable as possible rather than do anything physically which at this moment is impossible or else, I will just strain my back, joints, and muscles or what muscle is left in my body. I did tried to exercise but it just lead to straining my joints in the process although I am much feeling better with regards to my overall body strength and pain levels which I attribute to the effects of a couple of vitamins that I use to basically self-medicate my bones which actually worked-out great for me as if it was and it really is the magic bullet which saved my bones for totally collapsing plus the fact that it also had given me a considerable relief from my body pain. Thanks be to God I was able to discover a way that basically is curing me although I could never come back to my normal appearance and also my stature with regards to straightening my backbone.

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For me, even sitting on a wheelchair to do some minor task or to have some conversation, or moving around the house is almost impossible. I would always return to my bed and lay down. There is nothing more comfortable than laying laying down on my bed regardless it is very hot. Because of my physical limitations, I have no more options but to sleep to help me cope with this uncomfortable weeks of less than normal temperature caused by El Niño phenomenon.

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