Re: [QUAD-L] Am I Cold?
The problem is... is that each and every one of us is very very different so trying to figure it out is sometimes close to being impossible. Fortunately, I haven't been able to figure out a great majority of what is going on with me. The one thing that had me clueless that started in the late 1980s was symptoms that were abdominal cramping (not pain... just really bad cramping) and severe spasms - both of them very very bad. So I thought it had to be something to do with my gastrointestinal system or something in that area so I had test after test after test after test with everything turning up negative. Then one day after my ex common-law husband of 13 years and I took his new truck for a ride (with him lifting me in the passenger seat) and drove up to my sister and brother-in-law's house. I did not take my chair for obvious reasons (no place to put it and too heavy) so we were just driving around and stopping by my sister's house to show them his new truck. My sister came around to my side of the truck where I was sitting and after a little bit she said "Are you feeling okay? I said "Yes, why?" Her response was "Because your right pupil is really dilated." In short, after 4 1/2 years of going through hell and trying to work with my symptoms and then finally something else (my right pupil dilating and staying that way) I finally thought and said to myself "That's it ... I need to find out." So I called Craig Hospital and one of their neurosurgeons called me back. I described what was happening and then finally my right pupil dilating so he said to have my physiologist prescribe a MRI to be done on my spine because it sounds like "Post Traumatic Syringomyelia." Way back then I never heard of that so I was scared to death. The MRI confirmed that I had a lengthy syrinx inside my spine. Because my symptoms were so bad I chose to have surgery with a shunt put in. My whole story around that as awful and having this condition is hell itself by making my body SO MUCH more sensitive to anything. Re: when I am really cold... I can tell the difference of when I am terribly terribly terribly cold and the feeling I get shortly before shivering when I have a fever that has always been an indicative for me with it being a UTI. You would have to be me to understand the difference. But, again, our bodies change and with spinal cord injuries we are like other people and we are all different so sometimes you can get to the bottom of it and many times not be able to. Me shivering and being cold has never been a form of AD or mild AD. Greg, you are always cold most often so I am guessing this is different. Best, ~Lori On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 6:49 PM Danny Hearn wrote: > GregI get tht cold freezing thing a lot...But when it is like you > described---with the shaking and can still feel heat coming off your body, > it's been a form of mild A.D. always with me. Mine in the past was usually > a bladder infection, When getting any type of A.D. it can be hard to figure > out sometimes, I wish you luckKeep us informed if you find out cause. > Dan H***- > > On Friday, October 2, 2020, 08:25:08 PM CDT, Greg > wrote: > > > I get s frustrated at night. I get freezing cold a lot, but at night I > get feeling so cold I shake uncontrollable. Like my arms are in icewater. > More and more heat / blankets makes it worse. I sware I'm cold... Yet as > soon as I get up, it goes away. My temp doesn't change, yet I'm shaking, > and feel the heat coming off my body. Over heating while I'm up just makes > me feel hot > > Only 2 things I can think of: > Either its a mild A.D. > Or its my arms get so tight, its cutting off blood or nerves? > > Any Ideas? > > Greg > -- “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz
Re: [QUAD-L] Am I Cold?
GregI get tht cold freezing thing a lot...But when it is like you described---with the shaking and can still feel heat coming off your body, it's been a form of mild A.D. always with me. Mine in the past was usually a bladder infection, When getting any type of A.D. it can be hard to figure out sometimes, I wish you luckKeep us informed if you find out cause. Dan H***- On Friday, October 2, 2020, 08:25:08 PM CDT, Greg wrote: I get s frustrated at night. I get freezing cold a lot, but at night I get feeling so cold I shake uncontrollable. Like my arms are in icewater. More and more heat / blankets makes it worse. I sware I'm cold... Yet as soon as I get up, it goes away. My temp doesn't change, yet I'm shaking, and feel the heat coming off my body. Over heating while I'm up just makes me feel hot Only 2 things I can think of: Either its a mild A.D. Or its my arms get so tight, its cutting off blood or nerves? Any Ideas? Greg
[QUAD-L] Am I Cold?
I get s frustrated at night. I get freezing cold a lot, but at night I get feeling so cold I shake uncontrollable. Like my arms are in icewater. More and more heat / blankets makes it worse. I sware I'm cold... Yet as soon as I get up, it goes away. My temp doesn't change, yet I'm shaking, and feel the heat coming off my body. Over heating while I'm up just makes me feel hot Only 2 things I can think of: Either its a mild A.D. Or its my arms get so tight, its cutting off blood or nerves? Any Ideas? Greg
Re: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot
Happy birthday. Joan, will you have any more! Dana In a message dated 4/3/2014 6:06:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, poaj...@sbcglobal.net writes: Same boat here in Reno. The only time I am perfectly content with the weather is in full sunshine, temperatures between 72°and 85°, then next up to 95°with a breeze. At night I am the same as you June, only I cannot turn on my heating pad, just my fan which is an oscillating one by my bed. I have a radiant heater from harbor freight that sits next to my desk and is turned on to 400 W. It is both the heat and the radiant look that keep me warm in winter. Then I have my wood stove with a glass door for the evenings. Thank goodness Reno has lots and lots of sun days even in winter. lived in England for four years and loved it then fog and but would not like it now. Cheers to all. Joan
RE: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot
My issue is not being too cold, but overheated, my arms just think they are freezing. Like shivering cold, but once I uncover my arms, I feel better. So I swear I am freezing, I'd bet everything I am, it feels so cold. But once I uncover my arms I'm ok. But... If I start with my arms uncovered I really feel cold, until I cover up for a few hours. So no matter what, I shiver cold. I've tried fleece hats, but thy only helped in cold Seattle. I never had this issue in seattle, only Phx. Thanks, Greg I dont 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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I can relate, I'm back and forth turning on my electric blanket and then turning on my overhead fan. I would be miserable without both. My dog doesn't know what to think. Seems to be effective though. Meredith - Original Message - From: greg g...@eskimo.com To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 2:48:27 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot My issue is not being too cold, but overheated, my arms just think they are freezing. Like shivering cold, but once I uncover my arms, I feel better. So I swear I am freezing, I'd bet everything I am, it feels so cold. But once I uncover my arms I'm ok. But... If I start with my arms uncovered I really feel cold, until I cover up for a few hours. So no matter what, I shiver cold. I've tried fleece hats, but thy only helped in cold Seattle. I never had this issue in seattle, only Phx. Thanks, Greg 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
RE: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot
Same boat here in Reno. The only time I am perfectly content with the weather is in full sunshine, temperatures between 72°and 85°, then next up to 95°with a breeze. At night I am the same as you June, only I cannot turn on my heating pad, just my fan which is an oscillating one by my bed. I have a radiant heater from harbor freight that sits next to my desk and is turned on to 400 W. It is both the heat and the radiant look that keep me warm in winter. Then I have my wood stove with a glass door for the evenings. Thank goodness Reno has lots and lots of sun days even in winter. lived in England for four years and loved it then fog and but would not like it now. Cheers to all. Joan
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Same here. I run hot and cold and often can't tell the difference. -- Forwarded message -- From: *Joan Anglin* poaj...@sbcglobal.net Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014 Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot To: jume9...@comcast.net, quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Same boat here in Reno. The only time I am perfectly content with the weather is in full sunshine, temperatures between 72°and 85°, then next up to 95°with a breeze. At night I am the same as you June, only I cannot turn on my heating pad, just my fan which is an oscillating one by my bed. I have a radiant heater from harbor freight that sits next to my desk and is turned on to 400 W. It is both the heat and the radiant look that keep me warm in winter. Then I have my wood stove with a glass door for the evenings. Thank goodness Reno has lots and lots of sun days even in winter. lived in England for four years and loved it then fog and but would not like it now. Cheers to all. Joan
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I wear legwarmers almost all the time. Dana Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Don Smith scamper2...@att.net 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 blan...@verizon.net To: Don Price donpric...@yahoo.com Cc: Dave Krehbiel davekrehb...@earthlink.net; greg g...@eskimo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com 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 donpric...@yahoo.com 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 davekrehb...@earthlink.net 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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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 blan...@verizon.net To: Don Price donpric...@yahoo.com Cc: Dave Krehbiel davekrehb...@earthlink.net; greg g...@eskimo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com 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 donpric...@yahoo.com 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 davekrehb...@earthlink.net 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
[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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I use an electric blanket and a microwaveable heating pad. Meredith - Original Message - From: greg g...@eskimo.com To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 1:09:30 PM 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
RE: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot
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
Re: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot
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 davekrehb...@earthlink.net 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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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 donpric...@yahoo.com 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 davekrehb...@earthlink.net 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
Re: [QUAD-L] am I cold, or am I hot
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 g...@eskimo.com 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
