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If it helps others, here are some strategies that work for me:

1. Layering: I wear about 3 layers of clothes inside. Sometimes outer layer is sweat clothes and sometimes it is pullover fuzzy jacket. Outside, I almost always wear a thick coat.

2. Drinks: sugar free hot apple cider really warms me up from the core. I add some sugar free caramel.

3. Thermostat: i turned up the thermostat up to 72 from 68. I have heard that some turn it up to 78, but that is too expensive for me.

4. Gloves: drinking Water all the time makes my hands freezing. I got some fuzzy gloves with finger tip holes to allow for typing (I am a software developer by profession). When driving or outside, I have some commuter gloves. I sometimes wear these inti shops which might make people think I am visiting from Hawaii. Lol.

5. Shower: hot shower turned up all the way feels great for warming up.

6. Sauna: we have a personal sauna. 60 minutes in there raises the core temperature and burns a lot of calories.

7. Exercise: 25 minutes of cardio at a moderate rate seems to be the magic point in which my body temperature raises substantially. I usually go about 45 minutes to get a good solid work out.

This is a bit different for me because I was always hot before the surgery, even when others were cold. For example, wanting the windows open, the fan blowing, etc.

Hope this helps.

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I'm just about 2 years out and STILL freezing. It is something more profound then just the weight loss, i too like the OP was freezing when I came out of surgery.

I was the epitome of a fat sweaty guy pre-op, I was ALWAYS sweating, I would just SIT and sweat. Wore short sleeves year round and waited till the weather was in the 40's till I donned even a light jacket, NEVER wore a hat. Now I am cold when it drops below 70.

Years ago I saw my doc about the sweat issue, we tried a prescription that made me so thirsty all the time I could not drink enough. My throat actually got so dry once it stuck together like fly paper, I was gasping for air till I managed to drink a bit.

We also talked about surgery, seems that cutting the vagus nerve near the heart will cut back on excessive sweating but it is dangerous as you can have a heat stroke and not even realize you are hot so we elected to not do it. The very tail end of the vagus nerve terminates in the stomach and I suspect that some of it is cut during the VSG - perhaps this is a clue as to why many VSG'ers are so cold all the time. I rarely sweat much at all any more and when I do it's normal and not a drenching rolling sweat the way it used to be.

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I am freezing all the time but I love it. Now I can wear all those cute heavy sweaters and scarves. And I went from sleeping in just a t-shirt to yoga pants t-shirt sweatshirt and socks.

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Yup, me too! I've never been this cold in my entire life, My heating bills going to go through the roof this winter :-) I made two friends at my doctors office that I've been keeping in touch with VA email and they're having the same problem with being cold as well. I guess it's just something that happens, I'm not sure why but I know that we are not the only ones.

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Me too! I always slept in barely anything and now I'm wearing a nightgown or big t shirt and my robe-sexy! I need full on old school flannel jammies for the first time in years for winter! I love being cold for a change! I had to buy some sweaters/knits because I didn't have anything heavier than a knit vest worn over long sleeve-T! (And I swore I wasn't going to buy any new clothes until I lost more weight, but I'm freezing and sweater dresses are so cute!) To me, this is a perk -I hated being the sweaty beast at every summer festivity and even indoors when the heat is over 68!! Now I can dress appropriately for the weather here in the northeast!

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I have fuzzy socks I wear to bed now...yes, I too am always cold, but I was always cold before the surgery. However, I have noticed that when I go to the gym, I don't sweat much. Oh and I have nightly green tea or cider or hot chocolate.< /p>

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I get cold too, never happened before. Thank goodness for now the hot flashes are over:).

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Before surgery I had the thermostat set at 74 degrees and that was warm enough for me and I was actually hot but didn't want to freeze my kiddos. Now after surgery I have the temp set at 77 degrees and sometimes I have a hard time falling asleep because I'm cold. I was thinking about getting a heated blanket but I'm sure once my husband comes back home from school he will keep me warm ;)

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Yes I am colder also

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I'm cold all the time the people at work think I'm crazy my family is always hot

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5 months out and cold all the time im sure its our diet and changes our bodies have gone through def chk with doc to rule out any thing bad ive read on this sites stories about becoming aminec low blood count causing the low body temperature stay warm im getting that heated blanket at kohls lol

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