cooling equipment ?

[Sailorsong]

Does anyone know if the vests that use the ice packs can also use the phase change pack?

I got the ice pack type through the VA (for free)  but they are just too cold for me. I have been thinking of getting the phase change packs but would hate to spend hundred of $ for them if they won't fit in my vest.

Dennis

[HVAC]

I use the little icepacks from Wallmart Camping section in mine. They can be cut to any size. They look like ice cubes in plastic. I find the steele ice packs heavy.

Alex

[Sailorsong]

Yeah right..I can see me now going to Walmart wearing a towel wrapped around me. :)

I actually have a very narrow temperature tolerance range.

Below 65 and I get chilled and start to shiver. Once I get to that point the only thing that will stop it is a hot shower.

Above 71 and my MS symptoms go wild. In fact I keep my bedroom at 65 and sleep with my lower legs uncovered just to keep from overheating during the night.

Normally in a human body temp drops during sleep, but this doesn't seem to be how my body works. Therefore I need much lower temperatures at night than during the day.

Right now I am not even freezing the ice packs. I put them in my vegetable draw of my fridge which is set at 39 degrees. As such the cooling doesn't last very long with the ice packs but they are cold enough to set off my shivering.

On the other hand the Phase Change packs set up at 45 degrees and last as long or longer than the frozen ice packs.  

Dennis

[candy158]

Does anyone know if the MS Society in Canda does anything like this ???  If so, please let me know,

Thanks, and Lulu, great advice, I had almost forgotten ...

[essdipity]

Don't know the answer to this, I'm afraid.

One thing you might try is using some Velcro tab stickers to hold another layer of fabric between you and the ice packs. Terry cloth, as in toweling, might work quite well. In any case, it would be cheap to try it.

ess