I couldn't do it, that's for sure.
When I was very young I lived in desert west Texas, so we did have swamp coolers. School was made of adobe, and so no AC of any kind, but it wasn't necessary. My first apartment (Ohio) did not have AC and I thought I was going to die... I bought a small window fan. When I married XH, the house we rented did not have AC but we had one window unit. And when I worked in the back room at Target, I was right by the cooler/heater ducts...
But I'm glad you're doing well. 
