Always cold

Just how we are
I feel cold a lot more than hot even when others are going phew I m only marginally warm I have to be in a massive heatwave to feel really hot funny I don’t sweat either (no I m not Prince Andrew)

I have always felt the cold, but it is getting much worse as I get older. Admittedly I have COVID at present but I am wearing thermal underwear, above and below the waist, plus a thick fleece track suit and really thick fleece bedsocks. But my hands are cold.

Get well soon monica
Yes I m sitting in a jumper and hot water bottle ?

Same here Bluebell, I do occasionally get a little damp on the forehead if the weather is getting towards the 30s. I am freezing in the evenings and have been watching TV in a rug hugging a hot water bottle.
I daren't turn the heating on but living in the north of the country I'm finding it difficult to cope already.

can you still get liberty bodices?

ExDancer that made me laugh…I had been wondering the very same thing!

I looked in Amazon - All I found were Victorian corsets

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Hello MOnica just popping in to say, hope you feel better soon.
Best wishes.

When you can't get warm there are only two ways to tackle it, exercise or with external heat. Those electric heat pads are wonderful, they plug in and really warm you up, especially if you wrap soft cushions over them. If your feet are like blocks of ice then put a cushion on the floor, heat pad on top, then your feet, then another cushion. Your feet will be warm as toast in no time. If your top half is also cold then use two heat pads. They are under £20 on Amazon.

DH feels the cold as a result of the heart drugs he takes. He also cannot deal with extreme heat.

I have read that as one ages it is important to have the ambient temperature at a suitable temperature.

The recommended temperature is 21c.

But mum who lived to 101 had it hotter as she was no longer active, except pottering around her flat.

I've worn a hat indoors and out all day today.

The biggest thing I noticed when I had covid was that I was much hungrier than usual. "Feed a cold" they used to say.

Hope those currently infected feel better soon.

I am more often cold than hot.
When people are taking off jumpers and cardigans I am still in mine.
Like some others I rarely perspire let alone sweat.
I wear several layers in the winter and have several crochet blankets that I use at home in the winter so that DH is comfortable and not having to turn up the heating too far.

Always feel the cold, I have been having a hot water bottle for weeks. Interesting when I went in for an operation they said I had a low temperature and gave me a heated blanket to lie on.

Yes I ate when I had covid, but I couldn’t stop shaking from cold, so tottered out of bed and put in the electric blanket, when the temperature outside was in the high 20s.

Flu followed it after a couple of weeks and I couldn’t touch a thing to eat. I had a temperature but not so shivery

Blimey a hat!, seems excessive but I suppose you are nearer the arctic circle?, today I’ve worn a sweater today but only a cotton and wool mix, nothing very substantial, and even then felt a tad hot.

I’ve got Raynauds, I’ve had it since my early 20’s so come this time of hear my hands and feet are cold. 25 is my ambient temperature outside.
Thermal gloves, especially the silver ones, hot hands and the same for feet are used when out and it’s really cold.

Thanks for starting this thread sallywally it’s good to know there are others I always feel a bit of a freak when friends are warm and I m filling my hot water bottle
I clearly remember my mum taking me to the doctor when I was about 8 because I still liked my hottie bottle even in the summer Mum thought I d got bad circulation or something
The doctor very sensibly said if she wants one let her have one and I have ever since ???

I hope all the poorly ones feel better very soon.

I’m like your DH Whitewavemark2; I have severe heart failure and get cold very easily (I am intolerant to the heat too??), so I commiserate with him.
It’s difficult to get warm once I get cold so I have a heated throw, woolly socks, merino wool jumpers etc to layer up with.
I lit the wood burner this afternoon so blissfully warm at the moment!

Good wishes to all who are unwell and hope you feel better soon.

I am the exact opposite to everyone on this thread, I don't feel the cold and hate the heat. I'm still wearing summer clothing and sandals, no duvets on the bed yet. We have no central heating and rely on our pellet burner if it gets too cold. Rarely on before November. I have to remember to put it on if we have guests so they don't sit there shivering

I have been freezing all day, but put it down to just returning from Athens on Thursday, where it was very very hot. I have my clothes on plus a vest plus a fleecy dressing gown. I don't feel ill though, just really cold.

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Good wishes to all who are unwell and hope you feel better soon.

I am the exact opposite to everyone on this thread, I don't feel the cold and hate the heat. I'm still wearing summer clothing and sandals, no duvets on the bed yet. We have no central heating and rely on our pellet burner if it gets too cold. Rarely on before November. I have to remember to put it on if we have guests so they don't sit there shivering

I'm the same, although I have to admit that if my feet get cold, I just can't sleep, so as long as my feet are cozy, I'm fine.

Another one with Reynauds. Fingers on my left hand numb as I type.

I'm not always cold but for the last few years do feel it more than previously. MrA (affectionately) calls me a snake; of I am in the sun I am warm, but as soon as the sun disappears I freeze. When we went out for coffee this morning I had quite a thick jacket on and MrA had shorts and shirt. When we were sitting in the sun I started to heat up and took my jacket off. As soon as the sun disappeared I put it back on. I think it's a symptom of thyroid problems so I should really see the doctor I suppose.

If we want a Drs appointment it is always best to go to the surgery about 7.30 in the morning to join a queue, when I go I take a hot water bottle and shove it inside my coat to stay warm while waiting.

Whitewavemark 2 my OH had a series of heart attacks 11 years ago and has drugs every day .I had no idea that was why he feels the cold.He had varicose veins removed about 15 years ago and I thought that might account for his legs always being like blocks of ice.Has your OH's doctor said being cold is normal under these circumstances or should I ask him(nag) to get a GP appointment?