Are you COLD?

[Miss Mac 6,261]

Hot Flash Woman is Cold Woman now. I thought the hot flashes would never end - it's been 12 years. I will count this phenomenon as a perk. Today I am toddling around the house in flannel pajamas which I had bought years ago but could never wear. I even had an extra blanket on my side of the bed last night. Last winter I slept with a window cracked open.

[SoCalMomOfFour 36]

You lucky dogs! I wish I was cold all the time. I'm sposed to be - I have hypothryroidism. I just moved to So Ca 2 mths ago (from Or) and it's averages the last month have been 75-80. I sleep with the window open too (88 yr old FIL keeps the thermostat at 83) and shorts.

Wish I was cold....

Where in So Cal are you? It's been warm down here definitely!

[bettyb71 38]

I'm in Michigan, was sleeved in June and this winter I have been sssoooo cold! I am also normally the hot one in the room, but not anymore! This is going to a brutal winter!

[chefcoll 53]

I am telling you - HEATED Mattress pad! I thought upon my return from the hospital I would sleep wonderfully - NOT! Finally with this new heated thing - i am sleeping so much better!

[Idairene 37]

I am 4 months out and consider myself a hardy New Englander, used to the cold but have been absolutely freezing this winter. At our support group we learned this is a side-effect of the weight loss as you lose layers of insulation from the loss of fat. I still enjoy the outdoors and am taking ski lessons this winter - am I nuts or what???? I dress in layers. I wear long underwear - and I mean really good long underwear, insulated tops and then a wool sweater or sweatshirt or fleece. I nearly always wear a warm scarf at work. I wear wool socks, bought alpaca liners for the soles of my shoes, nearly always wear boots, put a heating pad on my recliner, have one of those blankets with sleeves, an infra-red quartz heater and a gas fireplace. Sometimes I get so cold I can't get warmed up. Going to bed, I dress in layers, wear the long johns and fleece PJs and socks, have a flannel covered down comforter and a fleece throw and a heater and a humidifier (humidity helps a lot) plus I have my 2 dogs sleep on top or next to me. I've finally learned how to stay warm. One thing that has helped me has been virgous exercise. I wear layers of clothes to the gym and by the time I finish, I'll be warmed up for a few hours. Being active and facing the challenge of bundling up and going outside everyday for some type of activity has helped me adjust to the cold.

[Noor1969 150]

Wow...if being cold is the case for most of you, I suppose I'll turn into a human icicle! I have hypothyroid and am chilled all the time...suffer all the time with cold hands and feet. I'm going to talk about it again with my PCP in a couple of weeks as my Synthroid hasn't helped at all. Maybe somehow my hypothyroid will resolve itself after I get sleeved, but I'm not feeling too optimistic about that. Guess I'll just have to be prepared to be cold all the time!

[njsweetiepie 6]

I am always cold also. As a matter of fact my feet are freezing right now. It is a pain but I would rather be cold and slim then fat and warm. I'm sure ya'll all feel the same.

[LIL RED 62]

I'm about 2.5 months out and I am always cold. Im sitting with a heated throw across my legs now. I have a heated mattress pad and it's always on...Love it

[moviechick00 23]

Omg I am in disbelieve I am actually warm almost hot tonight!! I don't think its a hot flash cause I just gradually got warm. Woohoo I am exited!!

[NtvTxn 1,262]

Cold for 3.5 years now!!! Beats the heck out of being hot I guess!!! LoL

[McButterpants 2,846]

I agree with the heated mattress pad. I have had one for years - before surgery I would turn it on about an hour before bedtime, hop in bed, the turn it off because I got too warm during the night. Since surgery, I turn it on High about an hour before bed and leave it on all night!

[ribearty 544]

Yes, yes, yes. It's crazy. I can be in two fleece blanket in my house and still be cold.

Here is another thread about being cold, so you know you are not alone.

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/290470-anyone-else-cold-all-the-time/page-2#entry3298144

[BerryChic 26]

I get so cold I can't sleep for hours after I go to bed while my husband is sweating. But I am going to get a heated matress pad and keep it on my side! Lol

[meagain3 2]

I am 3 years out this Jan;) and I have been freezing ever since I first left the hospital ! It's crazy I have never been cold but now always... In the summer it's great but the winters not so great .. I never a had a jacket before the Surgery and now I have many! Sometimes I have to several warm showers just to get warm before getting in bed.. No chance of getting an electrics blacker if I want to still sleep with my husband he stays Hot all the time so he's my own personal heater.. But at work it's tough too I have a space heater under my desk and I have to the sink and run hot Water to thaw out my hands a couple times a day.. People think I'm crazy;) small price to pay I guess ..

[Teachamy 1,042]

I am new to the sleeve, so I am not sure if this is a new normal, or the fact that it is -4 degrees outside. But in terms of the sexiness factor, there is something to be said my thick socks, blankets, flannel, and of course the C-Pap. Make him work for it you gorgeous ladies!