So many of us get badly affected by the heat, but there are things you can do.
My top tip for keeping cool is to have a cold shower. Get the shower head, bend the wrist back on one arm so the veins are exposed, then move the shower head up and down the inside of your forearm. Do this on each arm for a few minutes. It cools the blood down, which then gets pumped round the rest of your body, keeping you cool. The effect can last for a few hours. It can send your blood pressure high though, so be wary of doing it if that’s an issue.
Go to amazon and get next day delivery on some freezable gel packs, the type used for sports injuries. Put them in the freezer for a few hours, then hold them against the back of your neck or the veins on the inside of your forearms (I’m going to strap them to my arms). There are also different kinds of cooling vest/jackets. I’ve not tried them, but might be worth giving one a go.
For the night, get a hot water bottle but put it in the fridge or freezer. Open windows at night to let cool air in, then close them when you get up. And close the curtains on any windows that get the sun.
I’m also considering finding someone with excellent air conditioning in their car to go to the cinema with, as they tend to have good air conditioning. Or simply spend an age in the supermarket chilled aisles.
My survival solution in this hot weather and in conjunction with an infection which has made my temperature spike, has been to use a cold pack: The sort of gel-based pouch kept in the freezer and used for treatment of pulled muscles and sprains. They stay somewhat flexible even when frozen.
Applied to the back of the neck / base of the skull in particular, but also to forehead (not too much or you get an ice cream headache!), temples, top of head and any other overheated parts. Basically cooling down your brain and cervical spinal cord - the places where us MS-ers get lesions and temperature sensitivity. Obviously the whole body is subject to high temperature but the brain is where the biggest impact can be felt - if your brain is cool, you can function again.
Ahh… Sainsbury’s chiller aisle…! I booked a climate controlled storage unit this week as we’re doing some refurb on the house and I’m seriously thinking of moving in there on Monday and Tuesday. Not much of a view though and they kick you out at 11pm
If you can’t stay all day under a cold shower (!) try investing in a ‘soaker’ hat. I cannot recommend them enough for cooling the brain. In the heat a regular hat dunking in a cold bucket is a life saver! Good luck
There’s some great advice here. On top of this I also use a water spray bottle as they use in the hairdresser. Put ‘water mister spray bottle for hair’ into Amazon to see. The secret is to put it in the fridge so you can cool yourself down with really cold water.
Kitchen towel soaked on water then placed across the back of the neck is good if icepacks are too cold.
I become unable to leave the house in this weather? I am lucky that the rear rooms of my house stay relatively cooler than the front ones. We keep a fan running in the front room.
Other ways I keep cool is by getting a draft flowing through the house if there is a breeze. Frequent wetting my face and neck with a cold damp flannel. Another trick that my grandma ( Nana), taught me is to run your wrists under a very cold tap of water. Also I drink water from a jug in the fridge that I put in a thermos mug with a lid. This stays cold for a few hours. I don’t go outside between 10 am and 6pm and on really hot days I don’t go out at all. I stay very sedentary. To keep boredom at bay I watch TV, draw, paint or sew.
I cannot cope with hot weather in Summer Either its too much for me and causes me more fatigue too and then when winter comes i am always cold so can win either way.
I booked a climate controlled storage unit this week as we’re doing some refurb on the house and I’m seriously thinking of moving in there on Monday and Tuesday. Not much of a view though and they kick you out at 11pm 
