Greg,
It is not widely known but men go through their own type of "menopause"
or "change if life" cycle.
Bobbie
Smile Everyday
> On Mar 6, 2014, at 4:09 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've mentioned this before, but I never heard if anyone else was experiencing
> the same problem. I can sit in the sun for long times in hot weather and feel
> fine. A few times I have gotten overheated, but at those times I felt hot and
> overheated. And in Seattle at night I would use a blanket, a sheet, and a
> heavy comforter. And all through the night I felt toasty warm.
>
> But the last few years when I'm in bed daytime or night, but mostly
> nighttime. Just using a sheet and one blanket. When my arms are covered. I
> can feel like I am freezing cold, I can even be shivering. I can turn up the
> heat, I can add a blanket, but I just feel colder. I often check my
> temperature and it is about 97 or there about, my normal temperature is about
> 96.5. I am so sure that I am cold, my arms feel like all the hair is standing
> up and my arms are shaking. Then I realize what must be happening, that I'm
> overheated. So I uncover my arms and at first, when the air gets my arms I
> feel even a bit colder. But as my arms cool off they start to feel better, no
> longer hot or cold. But then in the middle of the night they get cold again
> from being uncovered. So it is damned if I do, damned if I don't.
>
> My arms often feel cold and tingly, except when the sun is shining on them.
> But only when under covers do they get to bad. When I sit under the furnace
> vent and get warm I don't shivering like that. When I fall asleep with my
> arms covered I wake up shivering, my arms are clenched tight, and I would bet
> everything I have that I am cold. Obviously I would lose that bet.
>
> I can't figure out how to stay warm night, without feeling like I'm freezing.
>
> Greg
>
