I wear legwarmers almost all the time.
Dana
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On Mar 7, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Don Smith 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
> To: Don Price
> Cc: Dave Krehbiel ; greg ;
> "quad-list@eskimo.com"
> 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 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
>> 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:g...@eskimo.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 4:10 PM
>> To: quad-list@eskimo.com
>> 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
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