I wear legwarmers almost all the time. Dana Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 7, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Don Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried wearing thick long socks to keep your feet warm. Are feet > have alot of nerve endings and if they're cold your body may feel cold. > > From: Bill Lang <[email protected]> > To: Don Price <[email protected]> > Cc: Dave Krehbiel <[email protected]>; greg <[email protected]>; > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot > > I seem to be always cold! 24 years of shivering. I am sitting here in a 74 > degree room wrapped in a blanket with a hood and a neck warmer. That works > for me most times. > > I feel for you. > > Sent from my iPad Billy > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 17:42, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't know if you touch alcohol, but a glass of red wine seems to reset my >> internal temperature gauge. Of course, alcohol and certain medications are >> not a good combination, so be careful there. >> >> Your situation, as described, seems to be more neurological than >> environmental. In my opinion, it's not a matter of blankets and air >> temperature, but more likely related to Autonomic Dysreflexia, inappropriate >> vasodialation, poor blood circulation or something affecting your >> hypothalamus. Maybe a combination. I assume you've talked to your physician >> about this? >> >> I hope you can figure it out because being (feeling) cold is miserable! >> Don. >> >> >> On Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:54 PM, Dave Krehbiel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don’t know if it would help your problem, but I sleep much more >> comfortably at night (and feel warmer during the day) when I wear a knit cap. >> -Dave >> >> From: greg [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 4:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot >> >> 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 > >
