Yes drastically. Our house was always known as the cool place-only temperature cool. JMy grandkids always brought their sweatshirts when they came to visit in winter. After my SCI I could never get warm until summer came. However, the last few years have been much better. I thought it was maybe only in my head, but a friend of mine who was around me a lot during the first 4-5 years and then left for 14 years came back and remarked on how much better I tolerate the cold now. I still like it warm, love my wood stove, love the fact the Reno has 325 sunny days per year, but now that he mentioned it I realize that I very seldom wear my heavy-duty poncho anymore.
I still prefer warm-up to 90° is perfect. After that temperature I get too hot. No, we lived in Reno before I broke my neck and there is no way I would move away from my sunshine here. My whole house is built around sunshine coming in almost all of the year, only in the middle of summer is the house not flooded with sunshine. I just figure my thermostat doesnt work well anymore. It takes me a long time to get warm if I do get cold, and sometimes I will complain that my arms or legs are cold when in fact they really are not. I can tolerate the cold quite well as long as Im sitting in the sun with the sunshine on my face and theres not any wind-I was outside the other day for two or 3 hours and it was only 50°, but I was sitting in a corner with the sunshine on my face. We have a wood stove with a glass door so one can see the flames, which makes me feel much warmer than just plain heat. My space heater is also a radiant heater and I find that Im quite comfortable with this setup for 400 watts because of the glow. Mind over matter-or maybe if you dont mind it doesnt matter. Good questions Joan
