RE: [TMIC] weather and TM

[Jan Hargrove]

The only thing my neuro told me wouldn't come back was my temperature control......and, yes weather plays a big part in how I feel!!

With the cold, I'm barely functional and NOT good company at all! With

the heat, we can sweat only above our point of tm (t8)....thus makes heat

stroke big possibility if we'reout too long in Oklahoma 90-100º summers!

 

I remember when I first was on the list, there was a gentleman in Arizona

who had only one side of his face that had not been paralyzed, and he could

go out in summer and sit under tree for five minutes only, but loved the heat

so much that he did that every day he possibly could........

 

janh  Stillwater, OK

"Rod, Karyne & Tyler Jenke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Me too Bernie,

We watch the weather like hawks if we have something big coming up ‘cause if there is a low it will play havoc with everything. The reason that we can’t regulate our temperature is because our internal thermostats are dicky (think of all the damage that has happened to our spinal cords) and there is not a lot we can do about it!

In it with you,

Love Karyne

T8/9 Para. Oct.’92

 

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From: Bernie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 17 March 2006 3:15 PM
To: TMIC
Subject: [TMIC] weather and TM

 

   With my now 16 years of experience of TM, I will attest to the fact that weather plays a very important role in how we feel, and how our bodies react to different weather stimulus. Most docs say that this is a bunch of bunko, but my pain management doc agrees with me. Weather affects many types of pain, but especially neuropathic! I can tell a day in advance when a storm is coming!
   The best I have found to do when it is cold is to dress appropriately. Wear surgical stockings on the legs first, then add long johns, and if needed sweat pants. If the feet get really cold, it will cause many different types of reactions to the normal part of the body to let it know the feet are cold. So I got some battery operated heating socks! Work like a charm.... but don't have to use them to often here in Texas.
   The weather I have the problem with is the heat. It is easy to keep  warm by dressing properly. But in the heat of the summer I cannot go out at all during the day. For whatever reason I cannot regulate the ability to cool myself off. I tried umbrellas to block the sun, fans, mist bottles, wearing as few clothes as possible; nothing worked. So now I d! on't go out until after sundown in the summer. Which is why fall and spring are my favorite times of the year.....
Peace,
Bernie

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