Now that is GOOD news.

I asked Alan if the cream is helping him. Because he had the other little container of Lidocaine on his table near where he watches tv, he forgets to ask me for the Compound cream which is kept in the refrigerator. I asked him last night. "Is the new cream helping you?" and he said "oh, that's right, I have to keep using that'.

Men!!!

lol

Melody

Men, LOL is right. I realized that I should have posted that my DH doesn't have PN, he just has pain from aging(wear and tear) and he gets it from being on his feet. When he is off of his feet, the pain gets better. So, he isn't the best gauge as to the results for someone with PN, but he is really impressed with how it makes his feet feel. Let me know how your RX goes for this stuff. If all else fails, I can PM you the name of this pharmacy and you can see if they can fill his Rx for it and bill your insurance.

Our HMO doesn't work like that. We have to bring the prescription to the pharmacy and they phone up the insurance company and if it goes through, then we'll either have a generic co-pay (right now, that's zero), or it will be tier one or one of the other tiers, and that would be a co-pay of over $40. Alan would never go for that.

He just put some on about 30 minutes ago. I just asked him and he said "I wouldn't pay a co-pay for this, I'd go back to lidocaine because it does the same thing". So for Alan, this is no miracle cream.

Oh well, at least we gave it a shot.

Melody

And here is something VERY interesting. Alan does not have the same body temp that normal human beings have. When I'm freezing, he's a hot tamale. I can't even put my hands on his chest because he would say "Get away from me, you'll shock me". Right now, it's 43 degrees in NYC. The heat is not coming up. But I'm comfortable at the computer. I do not have a sweater on and I just checked the temp by the thermostat and it reads 66 degrees in my living room.

ALAN JUST PUT ON THE FAN.

Good grief. And in the morning, when I go out for breakfast and meet up with the regulars who go there, there are several men who do not own coats or jackets. They get out of their cars (it could be 20 degrees outside) and then they will just walk in for breakfast. One guy, his name is Caspar, and I asked him the other day "What did you do during the freak snowstorm that we had on Saturday? (It reached 36 degrees last Saturday and there are 1000s of people still with no power at all.

What was his answer? "Oh, I went out to dinner with my wife, I loved it" I said "what did you wear?" He said 'Just my shirt, you know I don't own a coat" He drove his wife crazy when he took the radiator out of their bedroom. I touched his arm and he's warm as anything. Just like my husband. But Alan does wear a coat outside. He just never gets cold.

And the guy who came to fix the boiler yesterday came up to my apartment and he had no coat and I said 'Another guy who doesn't wear coats" and he laughed and said 'I"m never cold"

So would someone PLEASE explain to me how these men can not own a coat or a jacket, go out when it's 20 degrees and not feel anything.?

And last week during the early morning, when I had my WINTER COAT ON and the hood and everything, I passed a big guy (over 6 feet and let's just say well insulated) and he was briskly walking in just a t shirt and I looked at him (a complete stranger mind you) and I said "Tell me you're not cold" and he laughed and said "Oh everybody asks me that, I'm never cold" I said "Never?? it's 40 degrees right now, how is this possible, aren't you freezing?" and he said "This is BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

Someone please explain this to me because I DO NOT LIKE THE COLD and these guys could live in Alaska!!!

I just don't get it.

There is some evidence--
 

--that, on average, men have a higher overall metabolic rate (all other things being equal) than women due to a higher muscle-to-fat ratio, and so produce more heat from equivalent activity than women do.

Larger mass alone helps to retain heat, and a larger number of small blood vessels to support that mass also helps (provided there are no major circulatory diseases).

I too seldom get cold, but I find I can overheat easily in warm weather. It's one reason I could never adjust to living in a tropical climate with no seasonal changes.

Since most people's metabolic rate slows with age, their heat tolerance increases with it and their cold tolerance decreases, which is the foundation for the joke that after you reach age 65, the law says you must move to Florida. But even then, men tend to be more tolerant of cold.

There are exceptions, of course--plenty of "cold" men and "warm" women, but I'm speaking on average.

And now, thanks to Glenn's eloquent explanation, I NOW KNOW WHY I'M MARRIED TO A HOT TAMALE!!!!! lol

Thanks much Glenn

Melody