I can imagine that lovely hair can be a bit warm in this weather.
Went to take out the dog to go potty and he takes two steps outside and turns and goes back in the house lol.

Ya "whiners" look at all them folks who live in Dallas/Ft. Worth and 106 degree weather all summer long, why I bet they'd call ya' all WIMPS!

Sista Cathy....I take it you never had one of those skin frying flashes ! Wimp my *&^....lol.....I always loved summer best up until those aggravating flashes hit !

Dang, janie... I am NOT a fan of heat- especially heat accompanied by humidity!

I was 30 before I knew that 85 could feel nice. Being raised in the mid-west, I just thought all places were sticky & steamy. Great climate for corn & 'mater-growin', though!

It wasn't until I traveled to Portland, Seattle and Alaska where there is little to no humidity and constant ocean breezes when I learned that the whole world isn't hot and sticky in the summer-time like my beloved mid-west. I know there are places that are far worse, like the deep south- but the heartland is typically pretty extreme... from May thru Sept. it's often 90++ and 80-100% humidity- just stifling and sticky. Normally by late July we've seen 100 degrees- and the dawg days of August are just dibilitatingly yuchy! Many elderly and unhealthy die in mid-western cities each summer due to the heat...

That said, I do have to say that THIS summer has atypically been SO strangely MILD... We've for some odd reason not seen 100 degrees even once- and only a few days in the 90's! August was SO nice and mild... and yesterday? Shoulda been 95 degrees- but it was 77 and breezy. I like! (Someone should alert Al Gore! Ha!)

Alaska? Oh my gosh... summers there are HEAVEN! 65-80 degrees and ZERO humidity... Light rain every single morning, and sun until well after midnight. It's no wonder they grow 50lb. cabbages there- and wildflowers abound as far as they eye can see... even along icy stream-beds...

Mama and Francie: Y'all need to find some herbal practitioners. I don't mean some New Ager playing with herbs (Lord, those folks scare me), but a genuine herbalist.

Friend Wife suffered through only about three days of problems. Then I started treating her. Poof! No more flushes. No more night sweats. No more mood swings.

Meanwhile, there are a couple of books you might want to read.

Menopause Without Medicine. I forget the author's name, but it's the seminal work on treating menopause without HRTs.

The Herbal Menopause Book, by Amanda McQuade Crawford. One of several (I consider it the best) introductions to herbal treatment of all menopausal symptoms.