The summer months are pretty difficult, but just about any drastic change in temperature seems to bother me. It's been pretty hot here at home this summer. I think we've broke several records this summer on temperature. I seem to overheat rather quickly. I have to stay hydrated to keep my body and brain cool. I do seem to get dehydrated easilly. I wonder if there was a portion of my brain that was damaged that is causing all that. I think that pituitary may have something to do with it. I do think the sunshine is helpful in moderation. I take Viamin D supplements due to a deficiency there. I mean I don't know by any exam or anything, but the Viamin D does seem to help with some muscular pain I have. I think everyone needs to let the sunshine see them every once in awhile. I think it's good for the body, and the spirit.

Thanks for the post.

Hi Elanie, I have noticed Michelle has had all kinds of cold symptoms during these HOT months.
Sounds like DovesWings lives in a hot climate as well. It's been 100 some days and super muggy. She's been to the urgent care clinic once, and sort cleared up, but now has a really noticably stuffy head and sick feeling. She coughs a lot in the mornings. But how would we know if this is a result from brain injury ?

We're having a cooler than normal summer. My sister never complains of the heat or cold, but I've been trying to pay more attention to how the heat affects her since lack of temperature regulation after a TBI was brought up in an earlier post. I have noticed that since we've been walking after dinner, instead of during the middle of the day, she's been doing better. Recently, I bought each of us a Kool Tie (Elanie, you mentioned these in an earlier post...I had seen them before and always wondered if they actually worked), they do seem to help a bit.

Wtd - I'm so glad you found one of those Kool Tie's! I couldn't remember the name of 'em but I knew they worked.

Klassact - If she didn't have those issues before, I think it's safe to say it was caused by the TBI. (If you're talking about legally proving it, that's another story.)

I've always had allergies, but my allergies were in check at the time of the accident. Now, I get a lot of congestion and fluid in my head. After my TBI, I had swelling and tremendous amounts of fluid in my head. It had gone down after a long time - maybe a year? But now with summer I notice I'm getting some of the fluid issues again.

It's definitely annoying. I don't really want to take decongestants because that can increase other problems - like DovesWings mentioned - the hydration issues.

Mood wise, though, boy, the summer is great! :)

I was doing some more internet searches regarding the heat and TBI and ran across this woman's web site...very interesting.

This link is about her attempt to "fix" her hypothalamus
http://jeejeebhoy.ca/2010/10/04/the-hidden-secret-of-brain-injury-hypothalamus-dysfunction/

This link is about sweating after a BI
http://jeejeebhoy.ca/2011/07/21/sweating-brain-injury-heat/

Hello dear
elaine
I am finding on hot muggy days Wade doesnt do as well,speach gaite resoning is all less than what it was, on betterdays he is back up to where he was. today was very roough for him..

Sorry Normaeh, that today was a rough day.

Thank God I'm not in a state that had 100 F weather for a month.

It has been in the 80s around here.
Makes going out for a walk more possible.

I bumped into three dumb objects today- knee, elbow (which messed w/the shoulder, and backside (messes w/back).

None were too hard, but I was doing well before them.

Just need to move very slowly & pray w/o ceasing.

Roger has been in hospitals and the nursing home and then hospitals again all summer.

Thinking about it, so have I. LOL!

Maybe next year! :-)

I'm hoping you all have a terrific fall!

Living in England we don't get the temperatures that some of you guys suffer. My son Chris did have problems with maintaining a stable temperature but that seems to have righted itself now. It's mainly the cold he finds difficult.

I have noticed a great deal of change during this summer. Like Doveswings I had added vitamin D supplements. I longed for the sun and have since the time I remember being in the hospital. Though never tested...very obvious I was low.

I seem to have more energy while in the sunshine, I'm finally...finally warm again. It took the high 80's to get me there...and I can already feel the first signs of autum no one else seems to notice as of yet.

wtd...thanks for the links; however...I don't sweat usually but then again...usually cool or cold to the touch.

I feel better...more alive. I guess...I need the sun more since TBI. I was a very outdoors person prior to and that hasn't changed.

Hey Sporty, I'm glad you are warmed up again. I have that same issue, with feeling cool/cold to touch. I don't sweat much either. I guess that's why I overheat so easily now.

I am noticing those signs of the changing season as well! The cold will be back before I am ready!!

I'm enjoying summer activities like swimming, water exercise, and spending more time at the park--early mornings mostly. But I'm also discovering that I'm not sticking with my food plan and supplements that help overcome my brain injury symptoms. So I'm not doing so well because of that. Getting up and out early has caused me to "forget" my daily routines that worked so well during the colder months.

Here in Australia were at the end of winter, heading into spring. Hadnt given it any thought actually, but when I now do, the cold weather affects my memory more I think and of course doesnt help the joints. See what the warmth brings, and I am in sub tropical area with very high humidity.

Interesting question. I'm a native Floridian so I kinda enjoy the heat. Brain-wise, cold weather is much harder on me than hot, i still have some skull and neck pain. Ice packs help with that, but hot showers are part of my own pain therapy routine - i mean if i don't start the day with a roasting hot shower blasting my head, i feel more pain during that particular day.

My skull still features a flattened area on top that I believe could be greatly improved by more Neurocranial Restructuring procedures, as they have done in the past. Maybe the heat expands it a little - who knows.

I am much better than in years past, and so from that aspect summer's great.