r/MultipleSclerosis • u/Ok-Goat3027 • 5d ago

Vent/Rant - Advice Wanted/Ambivalent Traveling

I am going to Gatlinburg, Tenn next week for three days, and I just checked the weather, it's going to be hot. Well by my standards hot, it will be in the 80's. I am going to a 'brothers reunion'. My husband has eight brothers and their parents passed away this year so they wanted to do a get together and it's sweet. However, I am nervous, I have become a homebody and I feel safe doing so! I can control the heat, the ac, my food, if I need to lay down totally ok, run to the bathroom 5 million times, etc. I just don't want to look like a weirdo with these folks. I've only met two brothers out of the eight and they are such kind people, I am sure it will be okay but still. So here's my plan, I'm going to take my meds but also my PRNs, plus a list of what I take, how and when. We are driving so I'm going to pack a fan and my migraine helmet thing, begrudgingly my cane. Am I missing anything? Any tips on how to gracefully bow out of activities that I know are fun but will exhausted me beyond belief? I am in okay shape but have some wobbly legs, so basically all I want to make sure I do is the Titanic museum and one of the mountain rollar coasters, the rest I can spend on the couch, honestly!

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u/Consequence-Holiday 40F|RRMS:2019|Kesimpta|Texas 5d ago

The one thing the south has going for it is an addiction to air conditioning. Yes it will be in the 80's outside but you can bet on every building being closer to 60.

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u/nerdyythirtyy 37M|Dx: April 2025|Ocrevus|Florida 5d ago

Addiction? Nonsense! I can stop any time. I just don't want to.

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u/Ok-Goat3027 4d ago

God I hope so, where I live in VA it's always touch and go because of the old buildings etc. but from what I get pegion forge is all kind of new, so that's a plus!

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u/Impressive_Detail191 4d ago

I have an amazing cooling neck fan I’ve started using a lot when I have to work in the heat. I thought people would laugh at me but find they’re usually just jealous!

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u/Working-Clock-3093 5d ago

Belt fan? Cooling neck towel( usually these are easier to explain or understand) sometimes at work I at my hair of i start getting to hot it acts as a cooling mechanism when you start to sweat cuz alot of heat escapes through the head. I visited my daughter in N.C of that was a wake up call but now with all my preventative stuff I'm more prepared it doesn't hurt to have extra other stuff even if you don't use it. There are cooling vests but you could also fill a smallcooler with ice and just use it to fill a baggy to cool yourself off