[QUAD-L] Cold to the Bone

[greg]

I just don't know how you north and east guys can do it, living in such cold places. Down in the Phx area we only get a few drops into freezing temps and it has been miserable. I had my house at 78, plus a space heater blasting me, while drinking hot drinks all day, and I just could not get warm. (Though I think it's better not to use the space heater because once I move away from the blowing hot air, I get even colder.) Once I get cold I tighten up into 1 clinched muscle and whenever I stretch out my fingers it causes excess tingling up my forearms. It's that tingling that is a burning, cold, ice-water, feeling. Northing I can do to get it to go away until I sleep for the night. I always have that tingling, but after stretching it get crazy bad. If I relax and lift my shirts a bit, I can feel the heat coming off my body, but I still am shaking. I know by evening time my shoulders are sore and that can make me feel cold too, so when it's cold out it multiplies things. Not being able to sit and relax my muscles in the sun is a big part of the problem, I usually spend hours outside. Good luck to you all who are freezing too!   Greg