Re: Odd Symptom -- Thyroid or Adrenal or What?

[Guest guest]

Hi, Topper,

Hmmm... Okay, so this could just be part of the system getting

back to a semblance of " normal " again. I can deal with that.

My husband is at home right now and he is a " warm " sleeper, so I

know that part of the " overheating " thing is because he is warmer than I am

any time of day (not affection-wise, just temperature-wise). The A/C is

still in use down here in the desert, so the house is between 78 and 80 all

day/all night.

Tonight is one awful night. Normally, I can sleep for six to

seven hours and awaken feeling pretty good. That has been true since

starting Armour in 1999. Tonight, however, I was wide awake at 12:30. I

was tired at 9:30 so I went to bed and slept quite well until I awoke

(unknown reason). I was too warm, so took off the heavier blanket and was

still too warm under the light blanket. Maybe I am catching a cold or

something.... I hate it when I cannot sleep!

I subscribed to one of the Lymphedema groups you mentioned and

will be doing some research on that before I get into too much trouble out

here. My doctor does know what it is and understands what is needed. I

just do not want to deal with the PT locally, as they have a reputation for

being quite obtuse. I have neither the time nor the patience to educate them.

I think I have been helping myself a bit without knowing it. I

wear " leggings " made of stretch denim and the lower legs are sort of

encased in this stretchy stuff. When I do not wear them, the swelling in

my lower legs is much worse.

My own theory on how I ended up like this is the number of

surgeries done on the abdomen and the addition of the immune

disorders. When anything gets out of whack, the edema is worse. When

things are pretty much under control, there is less swelling. Make sense?

Dianne

At 05:26 AM 10/3/04, you wrote:

>Dianne, I have the same morning heat thing... I warm up so much that at

>times my room is warmer than the hallway when I open the door... it was a

>running gag when I was hyper that I could heat a room.

>

>We might have to talk about heat production, now that I know someone else

>has it... there might be something that we can do about it.

>

>I keep my bedroom window open. Last night, like many others, it was cool

>in the room when I went to bed and I snuggled under my blanket... by

>morning I'm spreadeagle with the covers kicked off. The window still open,

>the fan still running....

>

>My temp is never abnormal... and I did this 'over heat in the morning'

>thing even when not on meds.

>

>I'd very much like to hear ideas on this....

>

>As for the lymphedema.... I'd suggest that you look over the stuff for

>self massage. It's done wonders for me. I'm not wrapping my legs as much

>either... still trying to do the areas where the tissue is showing

>damage... but otherwise I'm feeling really good... my legs are much

>smaller. I've lost a lot of mass on my legs, belly, love handles and

>butt.. not to mention face, chest, neck and scalp... the massage is

>helping a LOT to drain fluid.. I'm making it part of my routine during the

>day now... just to stop every few hours and run the 'circuit' to keep

>things moving and draining... A lot of the wiggly jiggly is gone... stuff

>that I thought was just fat is turning out to be trapped lymph fluid.....

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Topper,

Hmmm... Okay, so this could just be part of the system getting

back to a semblance of " normal " again. I can deal with that.

My husband is at home right now and he is a " warm " sleeper, so I

know that part of the " overheating " thing is because he is warmer than I am

any time of day (not affection-wise, just temperature-wise). The A/C is

still in use down here in the desert, so the house is between 78 and 80 all

day/all night.

Tonight is one awful night. Normally, I can sleep for six to

seven hours and awaken feeling pretty good. That has been true since

starting Armour in 1999. Tonight, however, I was wide awake at 12:30. I

was tired at 9:30 so I went to bed and slept quite well until I awoke

(unknown reason). I was too warm, so took off the heavier blanket and was

still too warm under the light blanket. Maybe I am catching a cold or

something.... I hate it when I cannot sleep!

I subscribed to one of the Lymphedema groups you mentioned and

will be doing some research on that before I get into too much trouble out

here. My doctor does know what it is and understands what is needed. I

just do not want to deal with the PT locally, as they have a reputation for

being quite obtuse. I have neither the time nor the patience to educate them.

I think I have been helping myself a bit without knowing it. I

wear " leggings " made of stretch denim and the lower legs are sort of

encased in this stretchy stuff. When I do not wear them, the swelling in

my lower legs is much worse.

My own theory on how I ended up like this is the number of

surgeries done on the abdomen and the addition of the immune

disorders. When anything gets out of whack, the edema is worse. When

things are pretty much under control, there is less swelling. Make sense?

Dianne

At 05:26 AM 10/3/04, you wrote:

>Dianne, I have the same morning heat thing... I warm up so much that at

>times my room is warmer than the hallway when I open the door... it was a

>running gag when I was hyper that I could heat a room.

>

>We might have to talk about heat production, now that I know someone else

>has it... there might be something that we can do about it.

>

>I keep my bedroom window open. Last night, like many others, it was cool

>in the room when I went to bed and I snuggled under my blanket... by

>morning I'm spreadeagle with the covers kicked off. The window still open,

>the fan still running....

>

>My temp is never abnormal... and I did this 'over heat in the morning'

>thing even when not on meds.

>

>I'd very much like to hear ideas on this....

>

>As for the lymphedema.... I'd suggest that you look over the stuff for

>self massage. It's done wonders for me. I'm not wrapping my legs as much

>either... still trying to do the areas where the tissue is showing

>damage... but otherwise I'm feeling really good... my legs are much

>smaller. I've lost a lot of mass on my legs, belly, love handles and

>butt.. not to mention face, chest, neck and scalp... the massage is

>helping a LOT to drain fluid.. I'm making it part of my routine during the

>day now... just to stop every few hours and run the 'circuit' to keep

>things moving and draining... A lot of the wiggly jiggly is gone... stuff

>that I thought was just fat is turning out to be trapped lymph fluid.....

>

[Guest guest]

Might be... I had a warm night last night too... I grabbed my mister bottle... I bet your hubby wouldnt' like that though... I just point straight up and let the mist settle back down on me.... Umm, ahhhhh, I dont' wear jammies.... so the mist hits skin.... as the mist evaporates it cools me off... without my body having to make that much sweat (which is actually work for the body).. I did that for a while.. then did my lymph massage and then went back to sleep and slept quite well for another three hours... and got up at my regular time feeling fine...

Interesting about your leggings.. I find it fascinating when it turns out that we were doing something for ourselves that ends up being just what our bodies needed us to do.... and we didn't know it... Like me and the soy nuts when I was going into storm.... I popped them like popcorn...

I hope that you find the gang in the lymph group as informative as I have... they are both fun and friendly groups....

Topper ()

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:42:27 -0700 Dianne writes:

Hi, Topper, Hmmm... Okay, so this could just be part of the system getting back to a semblance of "normal" again. I can deal with that. My husband is at home right now and he is a "warm" sleeper, so I know that part of the "overheating" thing is because he is warmer than I am any time of day (not affection-wise, just temperature-wise). The A/C is still in use down here in the desert, so the house is between 78 and 80 all day/all night. Tonight is one awful night. Normally, I can sleep for six to seven hours and awaken feeling pretty good. That has been true since starting Armour in 1999. Tonight, however, I was wide awake at 12:30. I was tired at 9:30 so I went to bed and slept quite well until I awoke (unknown reason). I was too warm, so took off the heavier blanket and was still too warm under the light blanket. Maybe I am catching a cold or something.... I hate it when I cannot sleep! I subscribed to one of the Lymphedema groups you mentioned and will be doing some research on that before I get into too much trouble out here. My doctor does know what it is and understands what is needed. I just do not want to deal with the PT locally, as they have a reputation for being quite obtuse. I have neither the time nor the patience to educate them. I think I have been helping myself a bit without knowing it. I wear "leggings" made of stretch denim and the lower legs are sort of encased in this stretchy stuff. When I do not wear them, the swelling in my lower legs is much worse. My own theory on how I ended up like this is the number of surgeries done on the abdomen and the addition of the immune disorders. When anything gets out of whack, the edema is worse. When things are pretty much under control, there is less swelling. Make sense? Dianne