Hats often make me feel the heat more. I have begun carrying a cane with me everywhere, we all know we never know what to expect when MS and the heat clash. It is in the mid to high 90's on a daily basis without the heat index here. Everyone please take care of yourself in this heat.

A Chilly Towel is very helpful in this heat! Amazon.com : Frogg Toggs Chilly Pad Evaporative, Cooling, Snap Towel : Golf Towels : Sports & Outdoors. Keep it wet in it's container and in the fridge for an extremely refreshing wipe for when you walk in from outside. It it even helpful when wet but not refrigerated, like carried in a car. Just snap it, or shake it hard, and it truly is cooler than just a wet rag.

The link is to Amazon but Walmart carries them as well, both in store and online.

bddouglas - That's pretty much our weather here. I do like the fall weather as it cools down in the night and the mornings are cool. It's only the afternoons that are rough. Winter is perfect at around 60s to 70s during the day. Spring is like fall. Summer is down right brutal. I posted on the Insights thread about the heat. I think today we are supposed to be in the 110+ degrees. I will not be going anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary. I also posted about this fan that I bought over the weekend. It's a small fan but it definitely moves the air and keeps you feeling cooler. Here's the link: http://www.target.com/p/honeywell-tu...k/-/A-11153539

Sparky - I always forget about those. I may have to get one. I wonder if you can use them as a cooling pad for your bed. Now that would be awesome too.

fall and winter are my better season's my ms is awful in the heat i dont take well to summer months and prayer it passes by quickly but in the mean time i do what i can to stay cool as can be

I like fall and winter too!! The weather is perfect. Cold doesn't bother me as much as heat.

I prefer any season to summer, but winter's cold bothers me too. It just isn't as much of a problem as summer heat.

Fall and spring are great, and I live in an area that often has a long spring.

Unfortunately, we often have a very short fall, winter, and spring. Our summer temperatures often range from March to October or into November. I have seen Thanksgiving come with temps in the 80's. December has had temps in the 70's and 80's. Our winter often only lasts a few weeks. No snow, just 30's at night and 40-s-60's during the day.

The heat absolutely drains me and makes me feel like I should be dying. I feel effects from the cold when it's really cold. I have Fibromyalgia, too.

Praying good thoughts for colder weather

Friends and family trying to keep me inside as much as possible. It has been a few degrees cooler here, but not enough to get out much. Feeling cabin fever, nothing a little retail therapy won't cure.

I know the cabin fever feeling. You are right, shopping total cures that as well as being able to hang out in the a/c at the stores. The frozen food section is a great place to be this time of year. It's full of perimenopausal/menopausal women, thyroid patients, MS patients, and any other patient that can't tolerate the heat. I don't really have money to spend at the store but it really is nice to be in their a/c. It's always cooler in the stores. Movie theaters are great for that too; however, I can't sit for an entire movie. I have to move around.

We had a cold front come through. It was in the 70s/lower 80s! It was such a treat and yet, such a big tease as I know there are at least 3 more months of heat before our brief winter.