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Jul 21, 2011 12:48:28 GMT -5
Post by SPLASH on Jul 21, 2011 12:48:28 GMT -5
I experienced heat stroke for the first time monday. Not fun and don't plan on doing it again. With no insurance I refused any medical until the fever got bad enough on the 3rd day yeasterday and now with many meds for the sinus infection I'm doing better.
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davess1
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
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Jul 21, 2011 18:39:33 GMT -5
Post by davess1 on Jul 21, 2011 18:39:33 GMT -5
Yikes Splash! Heat stroke totally sucks. Had that experience when I worked on the pipeline years ago. Stay cool out there!
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Jul 21, 2011 21:40:54 GMT -5
Post by ScoutB on Jul 21, 2011 21:40:54 GMT -5
I've never had heat stroke but I've worked with people who did. No fun for damn sure. Hope you feel better soon.
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Jul 22, 2011 1:07:53 GMT -5
Post by SPLASH on Jul 22, 2011 1:07:53 GMT -5
I'm much better. Just a mild case, many have had way worse so I can't complain.
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andymaviglia
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
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Jul 22, 2011 7:06:00 GMT -5
Post by andymaviglia on Jul 22, 2011 7:06:00 GMT -5
Saw on the local news last night that 50% of all heat stroke cases end in death. My uncle is a union cement foreman and he had a 37 year old cement finisher collapse and die yesterday. Better say than sorry for sure.
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cp
Button Buck
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Jul 22, 2011 11:13:15 GMT -5
Post by cp on Jul 22, 2011 11:13:15 GMT -5
I told Splash in a PM a littel tip that can really help in the heat.
Drink a lot of water, that is a good thing, but after every 2 or so bottles of water drink a bottle of gatorade or some type of sports juice. If you take in too much water you can actually flush your system of electrolytes and that will pretty much guarntee that you become a heat casualty.
Its 120++ here every day so I down a lot of water but during every meal I drink 2 bottles of gatorade and ive been goo so far.
Hope everyones still alive and kickin! Find somewhere cool to spend this weekend!
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Jul 22, 2011 11:46:42 GMT -5
Post by SPLASH on Jul 22, 2011 11:46:42 GMT -5
We're gonna cool down into the 80's this weekend. I feel like a dummy for letting 111 get me when CP gets 120 everyday. But that was my problem, I drank too much water. When I puked it was straight water.
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Jul 23, 2011 22:40:12 GMT -5
Post by ScoutB on Jul 23, 2011 22:40:12 GMT -5
I went another 10 hour round with the construction today. Is this weather ever going to break? I'm hitting it tomorrow morning too so I'd better get to bed.
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Jul 24, 2011 20:56:35 GMT -5
Post by ScoutB on Jul 24, 2011 20:56:35 GMT -5
8 more hours in the same hot, humid weather today. I'm beat. It's supposed to cool down some tomorrow.
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Jul 24, 2011 22:24:45 GMT -5
Post by SPLASH on Jul 24, 2011 22:24:45 GMT -5
So muggy today. Went and picked up a kitchen table, loaded it, had a buddy come over to get it up the stairs. Sounds easy enough, but just that one trip and we were soaked. Heat is one thing, but the humidity sucks BAD! did a little work in Mom's garden when I went to drop Dad's truck off and that sucked too. Oh well, atleast we aren't dealing with 120 degrees like CP. We shouldn't complain.
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Jul 25, 2011 15:10:18 GMT -5
Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on Jul 25, 2011 15:10:18 GMT -5
I told Splash in a PM a littel tip that can really help in the heat. Drink a lot of water, that is a good thing, but after every 2 or so bottles of water drink a bottle of gatorade or some type of sports juice. If you take in too much water you can actually flush your system of electrolytes and that will pretty much guarntee that you become a heat casualty. Its 120++ here every day so I down a lot of water but during every meal I drink 2 bottles of gatorade and ive been goo so far. Hope everyones still alive and kickin! Find somewhere cool to spend this weekend! Good point Nick, and true too much water is more harmful then to little. An average size adult male is not supposed to consume more than 8 average size bottles of water a day, contrary to most thing you read where they say no such thing as too much water.
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Jul 25, 2011 21:39:50 GMT -5
Post by Fobbitcrusher on Jul 25, 2011 21:39:50 GMT -5
It was pretty Comfortable here today!
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Jul 25, 2011 23:17:05 GMT -5
Post by SPLASH on Jul 25, 2011 23:17:05 GMT -5
Pretty nice on the balcony right now. Had to put the shirt back on. Sipping Coors light on the balcony, listening to radioreference.com and surrounded by my jungle of a balcony garden.
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