Freezing to death
 

Anybody got any suggestions or idea. I am freezing. The temperature here is 85 degrees today. I've been wearing winter pj's and a warm robe. My hands and feet won't warm up at all. This has been going on for awhile. I kept thinking it would go away. Well it isn't. Sometimes I have rigors (chills) and I shiver. I actually went outside in the back and sat on the edge of the deck in the sun. I wanted to lay down in the sun, but there wasn't any way I could get down that low and get up. But I stayed about 15 min. Tomorrow I have to drag myself down to the swimming pool. It gets harder and harder. It's the pain. I love the water and I've made several friends. But the water is pretty cold too and I have chills the entire time I'm in the pool. That makes my muscles so tight and they already feel as if I'm wearing too tight panty hose.
Didn't mean to rant. Just wanted you to know that this freezing is really messing with my life!

Billye

I saw a cartoon a while back with a bunch of naked old people in hell, surrounded by flames. They were complaining about how cold it was.

Seriously, have you taken your temperature? If not, please do. You may be ill with some kind of infection and need to see a doctor.

Nope nothing
 

We've checked David. No Temperature. Blood pressure is a little low, but no big deal. Not sure what is going on. And I beg your pardon, I'm NOT OLD yet!!! I'm just well worn. We have a Texas saying. "Rode Hard and Put up Wet". That describes me better. Back to the problem. I'm anemic according to my last checkup. Not sure why yet. The doc is waiting two months and then is going to check it again. I changed Multi-vitamins to a liquid high potency to see if that helped. With my mouth being so sore and my compromised digestive system, I thought it couldn't hurt. I don't eat a lot because it hurts to eat.

Billye

((((((Billye)))))),

My legs are like that when I lay down. I use an electric blanket even when it's 95 degrees out. Mine is a circulation problem caused by the blood condition that's causing my neuropathy.

I'm wondering if you have some sort of a circulation problem.

Have you tried putting your hands in a sinkful of really warm water?? Does that make you feel more comfortable??

My son thinks I'm totally weird 'cause I go to bed in the summer with two fans, two air conditioners, and my electric blanket :p

Hope you find a solution. I know how uncomfortable it feels when you're so cold, it's painful. Hugs.

Barb

Billye, Barb - did you know?
 

that Sunbeam has an 'electric lap robe'? I've had it over a year and It's great in 'my chair'...keeps me toasty w/o all the bulk of a bigger e/b.
That and lite [very lite-to help circulation] massage when things feel like my extremeties should/are turning blue are the best help I've found so far.

As for the fans, a/c & e/b situation Barb, gee I've always thought that's been my NORMAL!

To feeling 'JUUST RITE" where you should feel just rite! - j

Hi SilverLady,
(I love your screen name. It's so evocative... silver screen, lady of the lake, shimmering movement... )

The cold thing is so bewildering.
I have to keep my feet under the covers even in the hottest weather.

Before I had all these problems I used to always have to keep my feet out from under the covers because that helped to cool me off. My feet used to always be boiling.

Do you take B12? I do and it doesn't seem to have helped with this. I do have a lot more feeling in my feet than I did, which I am pretty sure is from the B12, but the temperature thing hasn't improved... at least not so far.

I'm not sure what kind of pain you have, but my peripheral neuropathy pain decreased significantly when I was having a shot a day of B12, which is about equal to 6 to 8 or the 5 mg lozenges a day. (though when I go to just the lozenges I get twinges back.)

The other thing is serrapeptase. A friend of mine who is a certified family herbalist told me about it a couple months ago, and it seems to have helped the pain in my back. That pain hasn't gone away as much as the burning pain in my thigh from the peripheral neuropathy, but it isn't as bad as it was judging by how I can be up a little longer now...

http://www.health-boundaries-bite.com/Serrapeptase.html

I'm slow and I don't get everything at once.

I had huge mouth problems too. I don't know what yours are. Mine are so scary... but not to go into that here.

Two things: 1. Does your multi vitamin have methylcobalamin in it? that's the kind of b12 that works. If it doesn't and you aren't taking methylcobalamin, you may find that taking it helps. (I would guess that it would make a huge amount of difference -- it's good to keep notes so you can see the difference.)

2. Brown rice was easy for me to eat, with some protein, like Parmesan in the little shakers, and it does this totally amazing thing with my digestive system, totally sorting it out. Brown rice also has B vitamins in it, so it's good that way. I remember seeing it recommended for people with pernicious anemia... those are long ago articles, the ones about pernicious anemia, because today there are more diseases identified and it is less often discussed.

(((((((((Silverlady)))))))))))

is your temperature LOW? Thyroid deficiency can make it low, and it often happens iwth autoimmune disorders.

Dear Silverlady,
 

LizaJane could have hit the nail on the head. Here's a link to the hypothyroidism article put out by the Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypothyroidism/DS00353 .

The cartoon I saw had old people in it, but my meaning was for people who feel cold when everybody around them feels comfortable or warm. No offense was meant, not that I think there's anything ofensive about being "old". Being "old" certainly beats being dead, or being as socially insecure and unhappy as many young people are. At 64 I'm getting there myself. I put "old" in quotes because I don't know that "old" is a good description. I remember being in kindergarten and thinking that there was no difference between the 6th graders and the teachers. Both groups were big people and both were old people.

A recent study found that people get happier and more content the older they are, even into the 90's as long as they are reaonably healthy. If not, it's the health that's an issue, not their age. You and I are both pretty sick right now. I think we'll both be very happy to get our health back and go back to our fun, satisfying, and often joyous lives.

When do you go to Mayo?

That's neat to know about increasing happiness. Thank you!

I hope you get your health back, too.

(((((((((Wing42))))))))))