Post by Lisa Petrison on Jul 25, 2011 0:21:15 GMT -5
Here is a 2004 report from someone in Scotland:
Last summer, during the European heat wave, I travelled to France and Switzerland, and noticed a marked improvement in symptoms. Physical energy remained low, but I could think better, concentrate more, and had almost no pain.
The previous year, when I was much more ill, I spent a week in Madras, south India. At that time I generally felt on the verge of passing out all the time, and was in constant severe pain throughout my body. I was very nervous about travelling, but had booked and paid for the trip before I relapsed. I had almost no pain while in India, and as well as being clear headed, I had more physical stamina than I have for years. Madras is at sea level, in the tropics, and the temperature while I was there was 38-45 C.
Both of the above trips were to spend time with my spiritual master, and a lot of time was spent in meditation, so that may also have had an effect.
However, I followed my Indian trip with a month-long visit to USA, for my grandfather's funeral and to visit relatives. There was a heat wave, 98-100 F, which everyone else was complaining about, but I loved. I was able to make several long car journeys alone, driving over 700 miles on one day, without needing more than a couple of days to recover, and energy, pain and mental alertness were better than they are now, after 18 months of slow but steady recovery. I was not meditating any more than I do normally.
As soon as I returned to Scotland, I began to get worse, and within a month I was almost as bad as before I went away.
-Mark
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFS_CFIDS_ME/message/498?l=1
Last summer, during the European heat wave, I travelled to France and Switzerland, and noticed a marked improvement in symptoms. Physical energy remained low, but I could think better, concentrate more, and had almost no pain.
The previous year, when I was much more ill, I spent a week in Madras, south India. At that time I generally felt on the verge of passing out all the time, and was in constant severe pain throughout my body. I was very nervous about travelling, but had booked and paid for the trip before I relapsed. I had almost no pain while in India, and as well as being clear headed, I had more physical stamina than I have for years. Madras is at sea level, in the tropics, and the temperature while I was there was 38-45 C.
Both of the above trips were to spend time with my spiritual master, and a lot of time was spent in meditation, so that may also have had an effect.
However, I followed my Indian trip with a month-long visit to USA, for my grandfather's funeral and to visit relatives. There was a heat wave, 98-100 F, which everyone else was complaining about, but I loved. I was able to make several long car journeys alone, driving over 700 miles on one day, without needing more than a couple of days to recover, and energy, pain and mental alertness were better than they are now, after 18 months of slow but steady recovery. I was not meditating any more than I do normally.
As soon as I returned to Scotland, I began to get worse, and within a month I was almost as bad as before I went away.
-Mark
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFS_CFIDS_ME/message/498?l=1