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Old 07-21-2013, 05:07 AM
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It's actually cooler!!!!! Hooray!!!! Still humid though and barometric pressure is definitely falling, my bones are aching. Darn weather! I would like to request a nice warm 24*C and sunshine with scattered clouds. Thank you. Lol.

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Originally Posted by Angelina55 View Post
This is what I dislike about CRPS... it is never happy. lol I am really bad during the winter. The cold is really hard on me, so I thought summer will be better. But no not really. If my leg is in the direct sun for more than 5 minutes it looks like I have a super bad sun burn and feels like someone has a hot iron pushed on it. It is really hard to keep my body temperature right too. I think it is because of going from hot (outside) to cold (A/C) all the time.

I do have a quick question though for all of you... My foot/ankle and sometimes my leg and especially my toes will sometimes get sooooo ICE COLD! and I can't get them to warm up no matter what I do. Sometimes they still feel like they are burning and other times it feels like they are getting frostbite on them they hurt so bad. I was just curious if anyone else has felt anything like that? And what you have done for it?
I get the deep arctic cold thing sometimes...only thing that helps is sitting with the cold limb wrapped in a warm blanket for half an hour or so, it does eventually warm up. It's odd because moving around doesn't seem to help the cold when it's like that. I find direct warmth can work if that doesn't - I have a small kind of electric blanket thing that I use on its lowest setting for ten mins or so. Just make sure it isn't in direct contact with your skin.

A/C is a CRPS killer, I hate going round the chilled section in the supermarket because that chilled air makes me hurt a lot. Grr. Very wasteful on energy too, they should use fridges with doors!! It's not rocket science....

Bram.
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CRPS started in left knee after op in Aug. 2011
Spread to entire left leg and foot, left arm, right foot.

Coeliac since 2007.
Patella femoral arthritis both knees.

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