The Heat!

[livelaughlove 4]

Does anyone else have problems with their bodies regulating the heat outdoors after surgery? Even with the 64oz of Water and sunscreen, I will over heat, everything in my stomach turns bad and I end up sick all day. I was never like this before. I am 13 wks out. Just wondering if anyone Has gone through the same thing.

[LeaveItToSleever 80]

Not really, but I'm very accustomed to outdoor physical labor anyway. Are you talking about exercise?

[TracyLynn 30]

I too am curious about this, I am 2 weeks out and I am trying to stay away from outside when the sun is out. I am worried that if I get too hot, I will not be able to drink enough to feel better. Good luck to you. I hope there is a good answer.

[going to make this work 0]

I am 2 weeks out, and yes!!! I will dehydrate quick. I'll feel dizy and drained if I'm in the sun too long, and I'm African American...meaning my skin is dark and the heat and Sun affects me...not to mention in MA where its hot but not that hot...any way I get in at least 60 oz of Water, but if I leave the house to get in my daily walk, and go more then a half hour, I'm drained and will sleep for at least 3-4 hours. I don't know what to do with this either, but I think it has something to do with hydrating.

[amfw 18]

I feel dizzy if I stay out in the heat to long. I go walking in the evenings, when it's a little bit cooler. If it is nasty outside, I try to go to a big store and walk around it.

[TracyLynn 30]

Me too, I try to walk in the evenings and if it is still too hot then, I try to go to Target or the mall. I live in Arizona, but luckily at a high elevation so it is not too bad, it cools off at night a bit. I am worried, I do not want to be stuck inside on a treadmill or walking in stores. I want to walk outside and take my dog.

[livelaughlove 4]

Thanks all who responded. At least I know it's not just me! Lol. I will just continue to hydrate and wait for the cool weather!

[Rootman 1,101]

Exactly the opposite, the day of surgery I was cold and have been pretty much ever since. We had a terrible summer here, over 100 degrees for MONTHS. Yet I was able to go outside and ride my bicycle in the hot weather and not hardly break a sweat. Because I was unsure of it I stayed indoors in the AC when it hit 105+.

I was actually worried that it wasn't that I was NOT feeling the heat it was because I COULDN'T feel it and would pass out or die from being overheated and not even realize it. One day I was out and it crept over 105 and I was stuck out about 13 miles from home, I made my way back home and was overheated when I finally made it, drenched in sweat, exhausted and parched. It was 110 degrees. So I CAN feel the heat, it just take a HELL OF A LOT of it. I also recovered in like 1 hour rather than feel crappy all day like I would pre-op. A few liters of Water, a shower and an hour rest and I was fine.

That is a remarkable change from the past when I would break out into a sweat while walking to the bathroom in the middle of winter.