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yellowdogintexas

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1. Amen to that! I ended up with heat exhaustion on June 14
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 10:28 AM
Jun 24

For reasons I still have not quite figured out, I wasn't drinking as much as I normally do. I had to take about a 5 block walk from our demonstration location to meet our group at a restaurant, and could only get about 3 minutes before I had to stop.

Total strangers stopped and picked me up in their car and drove me to the restaurant. It wasn't that I had no water it was that I did not feel thirsty, even when I was having bad effects. Once I got inside though, my friends saw immediately that something was very wrong and in no time I had a cold compress on the back of my neck and a huge glass of water next to me on the table. After about 15 minutes I was fine but really really tired.

SO drink even if you don't feel thirsty, and if you are sweating and haven't needed to go to the bathroom - drink water!!!

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