AOL EmailI use an electric mattress pad (not an electric blanket) and a down
comforter. I turn it on and warm up the bed and then turn it off when I get
in. It helps me stay warm, relaxes my legs so they don't spasm from the cold
sheets, and I fall asleep easily. I prefer light covers so the down comforter
works best for me.
I have read all the stuff on electric blankets and how they can be bad for you
but this works for me. I turn it off when I get in bed so I don't get over
heated. My body temp will drop too low so I have to make sure I keep it as
stable as possible so I avoid a cold bed whenever I can.
This temp thing can be either TM or MS and I have both, too. But I did have
trouble with over heating and also body temp dropping low when I just had TM
before the MS Rx. I think its a chicken/egg thing. All I know is my body
temp seems to be set on "manual" now and I have to keep track of it both in
summer and winter.
Sandy in chilly Wisconsin where thankfully all the deer are now in the freezer.
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From: Sharon M
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:38 PM
Subject: [TMIC] Too Cold
I, too, have the temp issues. I don't know if that's TM or MS, as MS
has temp control problems too. With MS it is usually heat issues.
When I get cold it takes forever to warm up again! At night I have a
have a hard time getting the right blankets. If my legs get too hot they will
ache and it causes bladder spasms. That's what happened to me last night. The
wood stove was too hot before bed and I was miserable all night with pain and
bladder spasms. Does that happen to anyone else?
I'm sorry, Jude, to hear how bad it is for you.
hugs
Sharon
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Jude,
Temperature control is the only thing that my doc said would
not return!.......
that said, I have found that silk underwear is the best thing
to help.....Silk
is nice to your skin and light weight, so you need fewer heavy
blankets!!
I get my silks from Winter Silks, which has a 20% off sale
right now. The
web site is: www.wintersilks.com
Hope this helps!
Hugs,
janh in OK
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wrote:
Hi All,
Is anyone else out there suffering from that
bone-chilling cold that settles deeply into your bones and nothing you do helps
to warm you up?
I began to get cold earlier in the evening and have had
Dave put mega blankets on me until they are so heavy I can barely lift them. I
now have a queen sized silk blanket doubled on top of all of my other covers on
my small hospital bed.
This kind of cold came with the Transverse Myelitis and
I don't believe it will ever go away. At least there is no kind of medication
to warm me up that I know of. Does anyone out there have a clue?
I know that some of you have also felt this chilling
cold. What do you do to combat it? It is ridiculous the lengths I go to in
order to be able to sleep, but am so uncomfortable that I can't.
At least I am tired enough to give it a go...
Jude
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Grace,
Please know that ALL of us are sending vibes to help you
make it over
this hump. With all of us pushing, you know that this too
shall pass!
You're in our prayers.
Hugs,
janh in OK
Sorry for being out of touch, but have relapsed. It is my
vision this time. We did an emergency chemo and three days of IV SoluMedrol
and I'll be repeating chemo on Devcember 8th. My vision has not improved much,
and I am very disheartened.
I just had an MRI of the cord, brainstem and brain, about
three months ago and everything was stable---so, this really hit me out of the
blue.
Why couldn't it have been simple MS? Why this? We have
recently had several deaths among our Devic's Advocacy members and have
several more that are in terrible shape. My heart just can't cope with it
anymore. I HATE this.
Grace
I don't have the temp. control issue but I wonder if taking capsaicin
capsules might help those who do warm up from the inside I understand you need
to build up your dosage if you try it.
Mindy the Artist
On Nov 29, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Jan Hargrove wrote:
Jude,
Temperature control is the only thing that my doc said would
not return!.......
that said, I have found that silk underwear is the best thing
to help.....Silk
is nice to your skin and light weight, so you need fewer
heavy blankets!!
I get my silks from Winter Silks, which has a 20% off sale
right now. The
web site is: www.wintersilks.com
Hope this helps!
Hugs,
janh in OK
--- On Sat, 11/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi All,
Is anyone else out there suffering from that
bone-chilling cold that settles deeply into your bones and nothing you do helps
to warm you up?
I began to get cold earlier in the evening and have
had Dave put mega blankets on me until they are so heavy I can barely lift
them. I now have a queen sized silk blanket doubled on top of all of my other
covers on my small hospital bed.
This kind of cold came with the Transverse Myelitis
and I don't believe it will ever go away. At least there is no kind of
medication to warm me up that I know of. Does anyone out there have a clue?
I know that some of you have also felt this chilling
cold. What do you do to combat it? It is ridiculous the lengths I go to in
order to be able to sleep, but am so uncomfortable that I can't.
At least I am tired enough to give it a go...
Jude
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