About L's Complaint: She's So Cold

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In a message dated 3/2/2004 7:06:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,

lstegallathome@... writes:

Since the surgery to remove my fibroids I

always seem to be cold. My husband even noticed it before I did. He

commented to me again yesterday that " you seem to always be cold

since you had the surgery " . I was not anemic before surgery and I am

not anemic now. But this cold feeling is starting to get to me.

Does anyone have a possible explanation? or comment? Thanks ladies.

L

Hi, L:

Cold intolerance (and/or always feeling cold) is also one of the signs of

HYPOthyroidism. There are quite a few LOL with hypothyroidism (or Hashimoto's

thyroiditis) who I'm sure can give you the lowdown on this condition.

I'd say, next to anemia, a diagnosis of hypothyroidism is ONE of the MOST

LIKELY causes of always feeling cold.

Some people may have undiagnosed hypothyroidism because their

physicians do not order all the proper blood tests. Because T3

is the more active hormone that actually regulates

metabolism, make sure you are tested for T3(triiodothyronine) in addition to

T4 (thyroxine) and TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone).

That said.....what is the *LEAST likely* cause of your feeling cold symptom,

in my opinion?

Welllllllll............ you do mention that you have been cold ever since

your surgery, right? During surgery, operating rooms are always kept cool. So it

could have started then.....

Also note that anesthesia can disrupt the body's temperature control

mechanism. That's why many of us LOL report shivering so much or feeling cold

upon

waking up in Recovery--because the body's temperature control mechanism has been

affected--sometimes as much as three to four degrees lower near the surgical

site. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

Um.....Right.....I guess A GOOD SIX MONTHS AFTER your surgery....... you

wouldn't STILL be under the influence of anesthesia, would 'ya?!!!!!!

OK, so much for my amateur creative medical brainstorming diagnosing !!!

You can discard my silly (but imaginative) " Post Operative Ongoing

Hypothermia " ( " POOH " ) hypothesis!!

IMPORTANT MUSICAL NOTE: While you're trying to determine the cause of your

feeling chilly all the time, be sure to revisit the

Mick Jagger/ lyrics........a song that described a woman with

your exact symptom!!!! :-)

Who could ever forget " She's So Cold " (circa 1980).

I guarantee your basal body temp will be quite a few degrees WARMER.....

after you're done singing/dancing your heart out/air-guitar-ing to this HOT

oldie!!!!!

" Yeah, I tried re-wiring her, tried re-firing her

I think her engine is permanently stalled

She's so cold she's so cold

She's so cold cold cold

Like a tombstone

She's so cold, she's so cold

she's so cold cold cold like an ice cream cone

She's so cold she's so cold

I dare not touch her my hand just froze

She's so cold, she's so cold, cold, she's so c-c-c-old

But she's beautiful, though

Yeah, she's so cold

She's so cold, she's so cold

She was born in an arctic zone

She's so cold she's so cold, cold, cold

I dare not touch her my hand just froze

She's so cold, she's so goddamn cold she's so

Cold cold cold she's so cold

Who would believe you were a beauty indeed?

You're so cold, you're so cold, cold, cold

You're so cold, you're so colddddddddddd!!! "

Warmly,

Rockin and Rollin' Roma Stone