Keeping Safe & Cool

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Hi Everyone!

Has anyone any tips on how to stay cool and safe in this hot weather with cancer. I know they tell you keep in the shade, cover up etc but I'm thinking for those with cancer diagnosis is the hot the hot weather a lot harder to bear. We are at our caravan just now and Jay was sitting out yesterday under the parasol without a hat and the weather was really sweltering and last night he said in his words 'felt like a bag of sh*t' I just wonder if he got a little bit of sunstroke but this has never affected him in this way before. Also he slept up to 10am this morning which is not like him.

Vicky x

PattyK over 2 years ago

Had to laugh! He was the one telling me to get a hat on sitting out in the sun. Just wondering if there's things you should or shouldn't do when sitting in the sun with cancer but still able to enjoy it.

Vicky xx

crankshaft over 2 years ago

Hi PattyK, it is very easy to get dehydrated in this heat even if you are not doing very much. Dehydration can make you feel bad and although I try to keep the liquids up, if I feel I need it I use a rehydration drink.

I am not on any treatment now but I would just keep as cool as possible and stay hydrated.

Temperature is going down next week so hope Jay can enjoy more suitable weather then

John

DadPool40 over 2 years ago in reply to PattyK

I can't sit in the sun at all on my meds. I have to find shade or sit inside. I use a little hand fan to keep cool or the big tower fans from Argos I bring downstairs. I don't think there is much you can do in the sun