My dad used to insist on turning off the air conditioning occasionally during the summer. It was probably about 10 or 15yrs ago that I started to insist that he keep the dang thing on!

Now I kind of understand why I dont like summer as much as I did when I was little. I hate being hot!

When you're cold, you can always put on a sweater or a coat, but when you're hot, there's only so much you can take off before you get arrested for indecent exposure.

Too bad I'm not skinny enough to wear bikini tops and Daisy Duke shorts during the summer. I wouldnt have to worry much about overheating then. (hah! skinny is not the word used to describe me)

I cant afford many of the cooling vests and other stuff that I've seen. I'll probably have to go to WalMart and look at the cooling stuff they have there. I was talking to my dad about getting a cooling vest last night. When I told him how much some of them cost, he said he'd turn the a/c down a bit more and I can just stay inside all summer...it'd cost the same either way.

When I am at home in the summer I constantly wear a Romper.

That's the terry cloth one that just comes above the bust and to the
middle of the thighs. I don't have the greatest body but I don't
care. I have COPD also and the heat really gets me where I can't breathe.

I can't stand anything on my shoulders in the heat. When outside in
my yard I wet a terry cloth hand towel and put it around my neck.

If I am going to a backyard barb. I put a few wet towels in a plastic
bag and put it in the cooler. This way I always have a cold one for my neck &
shoulders. Put the warm one back in cooler take cold one out and so on.

Jappy

Hi Erin
I went to the MSAA website as suggested today. If you are single and made under $32k roughly, in 2007you can apply for a cooling vest set and 2 accessories at no cost. You also need an Rx from your doctor verifying you have MS. HTH

I got the application filled out and Rx requested. That is how I spent my day. Plus I was gathering documents for my appointment tomorrow, to see if I can get Medicaid and Food Stamps. Fingers crossed, wish me luck.

I go to my neuro at the end of April (unless I visit him earlier...stupid right foot is so numb that shoes are annoying today) so I think I'll ask him for a Rx for some cool cooling stuff.

Another thing I did one year for Christmas (it did cost money) was to get an automatic starter for my car. I make sure my ac is on and on high and I start it in the house or right when I am at the door of a store. When I get to the car, it's nice and cool.

I'd love an automatic starter, for when I'm out shopping or at the movies or something and am parked outside. At home, I'm lucky that I get to park in the garage (we used to have 5 cars...my dad downsized us when we moved)

My problem is, that I cant get an automatic starter for my car. It's a stick, and to start it, I have to push the clutch in.

I should get an automatic starter for my dad's car (same model car, different transmission) He just got diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. He could push the button when he gets into the parking garage at work, and have the a/c (or heat) started cooling/heating before he gets in.

Give him a call. That is what I did with mine. The secretary will mail it to me. I wasn't going to wait for my April appt.

I forgot to call today. Went to the dentist and my serious fear of dentists was all-consuming and I was lucky to show up for the appointment.

I'll have to call him tomorrow if I dont forget between the washer repairman, the oven repairman, the tile guy for the new bathroom that's been a Work-in-progress since October, and my dad's younger sister calling me to look up kitty cats on the Nebraska Humane Society website. (she doesnt have internet access at home)

Erin.....remember the old York Peppermint Pattie commercials? The bra inserts make me think.."I get the sensation........" LOL

"I get the sensation of two ICE COLD York Peppermint Patties on top of my ta-ta's?"

Dont mind me, I'm in a silly mood at the moment.