
One minute you can be burning up and stripping down to your skivvies and the next you’re hunting for a fleece pullover. Going through the menopause transition is kind of like a living in the mountains (without the view): if you don’t like the “weather” wait 10 minutes. So please take this survey below and let me know.This high-end wearable helps you feel cooler or warmer, and lulls you to sleep. I’m really curious as to how many women who camp have hot flashes. Here’s their website for more information.

But Embr claims something like 90% of women say it really works for them, so I think it’s worth a try. There’s a 30-day easy-return policy for the Embr Wave 2, so if it doesn’t work for you, then it doesn’t cost you anything. Plus, after the first few weeks of use she’s getting more tuned into her own hot-flash warning signs and quickly hits the boost button. While this isn’t cheap technology (it’s around $300), it’s really inexpensive compared to all the various over-the-counter and prescription meds she takes all the time. And Linda tells me that if you can chill your wrist quickly enough, the hot flash will subside before it turns into a raging inferno. Well, yes, it does! In hot flash mode you can feel it get really cold (almost like an ice cube) in a few seconds. The following ad was auto-inserted by Google They also include a mini-charging station to recharge it every day, depending on just how much chillin’ you need. But the app does allow you to log your hot flash intervals and adjust the default settings. Once you set it up on your smartphone, you can operate the Wave without messing with a phone. And it’s all under smartphone control that lets you set how cold it gets for how long at the touch of the buttons on the side of the Wave. It’s actually a computer-controlled Peltier effect module that chills the inside of your wrist (and the blood flowing through it) for 3 minutes of quick cooling in hot-flash “boost” mode, or up to 8 hours overnight in a more gentle sleep mode. After telling them my wife’s history of hot flashes and my background in electrical testing, they agreed to send me an Embr 2 for evaluation. So right after your email I looked up Embr and was quickly contacted by their marketing department. But, first, take a listen to Robert Palmer’s song “Some Like It Hot” HERE. But since Linda can’t haul a cooler of ice cubes with her all the time, she was interested when I showed her the Embr Watch 2 video. Yikes! If she’s near the freezer she’ll grab an ice cube and rub it on her chest or wrists, and that usually helps.

While they work much of the time, she still gets hot flashes throughout the day, and I can see her glistening from across the room.

You’re in luck! My wife, Linda, has been suffering through hot flashes for the last 9 years, and has been using various medications prescribed by her doctor. Today I discuss relief for hot flashes (yep!).ĭo you know anything about the Embr Wave watch that my wife can wear to help relieve her hot flashes? It looks interesting, but how can something you plug into a charger keep you cool? Is it really a tiny air conditioner, or what? - James Send your questions to Mike Sokol at mike (at) with the subject line – JAM. If you’re a newbie who’s never plugged in a shore power cord (or ask – what’s a shore power cord?), or wonder why your daughter’s hair dryer keeps tripping the circuit breaker, this column is for you. (Just Ask Mike) Session, a weekly column where I answer your basic electrical questions.
