We are snowbirds from the Mid-Hudson Valley and can confirm the constant relative humidity up north (and not just in the Hudson Valley...). I 'enjoy' osteoarthritis, feel infinitely more comfortable here in central FL (though I wonder if I'd feel the same near the coasts, say, Tampa area or Fort Lauderdale), and I have heard this same comment from many.

Insofar as multiple sclerosis is concerned, we personally know three people who could NOT tolerate the heat (they seem to feel that humidity, while still an issue, is less so than heat) and had to move back north. All three had made an assumption that getting out of northern winters would be a charm, and it certainly wasn't! Then we have friends near though not in TV whose son has MS, and it reached the point where they had to move him to a nursing home here in central FL as they simply couldn't leave him alone in NY. The results are mixed: He is happy to be close by to his parents who provide a lot of the care for him, and he has settled into the nursing home (has a girlfriend, etc. there), but the climate is a killer and his only outdoor time (which he very much misses) is being transported from the nursing home to his parents' home and back, meaning very little time without a/c but enough to add to his discomfort. It's a terrible disease....

The third condition asked about in the original post I'm not familiar with. Hope this helps.

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Just curious.....
 

I have asthma, not terribly but enough where I use three different inhalers and when its hot here in NY I do have to come inside for the air conditioning, but I am sure others suffer more than I do. Anyhoo....I was reading on here about the humidity and was wondering if it is a big problem with people with breathing problems. But I did also read that the heat is good for the aches and pains :coolsmiley:.
I soooo much want to be a frog in TV but I dont want to croak as soon as I get there lol :faint:.
Jeanne :1rotfl:

Jeanne:

I suffer from emphysema. Fortunately, it is not severe enough to make me have oxygen. But, I participate with the Airheads support group (indeed, I'm the VP) many of whom do use oxygen, some 24/7. Almost all of them comment when the humidity makes it more difficult for them.

The positive thing is, I think, that all these folks are active, active, active - like most TV people! Early morning humidity may be harder for them, so maybe they schedule tee times nearer to noon, and avoid those 7:28am times!

I don't think that the humidity is really any worse here than most anywhere else, save Arizona and the high elevations around Denver. I'm willing to bet that your upstate NY (assumed) humidity is no worse than ours here.

Whatever, good luck. And, come meet with the Airheads when you're in TV. We have lots of fun, and you'll learn all kinds of new stuff!

:beer3:

SWR

Senior Citizen's posts are blank with only a lower case x at the beginning. What's that all about? Am I the only one experiencing this?

That's what I see too. I just figured they were all deleted for some reason.

It appears to me that on Apr. 13 senior citizen came back and edited each post by deleting the text and replacing it with an "x".

Thank you...
 

Thank you swrinfla, I am so relieved. Its been humid here the past few mornings so thats what got me to thinking about it. I am sure you are right that NY is just as humid. I'm sorry to hear that you suffer with emphysema.
Thats great to hear about the Airheads Group, what a clever name! I will definitely check into it when I get there. Look forward to meeting you.
Thanks again,
Jeanne


QUOTE=swrinfla;207797]Jeanne:

I suffer from emphysema. Fortunately, it is not severe enough to make me have oxygen. But, I participate with the Airheads support group (indeed, I'm the VP) many of whom do use oxygen, some 24/7. Almost all of them comment when the humidity makes it more difficult for them.

The positive thing is, I think, that all these folks are active, active, active - like most TV people! Early morning humidity may be harder for them, so maybe they schedule tee times nearer to noon, and avoid those 7:28am times!

I don't think that the humidity is really any worse here than most anywhere else, save Arizona and the high elevations around Denver. I'm willing to bet that your upstate NY (assumed) humidity is no worse than ours here.

Whatever, good luck. And, come meet with the Airheads when you're in TV. We have lots of fun, and you'll learn all kinds of new stuff!

:beer3:

SWR[/QUOTE]