Cold!

[Steph~L~16 168]

When do you stop freezing all of the time? I am constantly cold, especially at work. My co-workers think I'm crazy with a heater in my office in June.

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[Christinamo7 4,041]

for me it was about six weeks. I always used to be the hot sweaty mess all the time, now I am pretty much normal. not hot, not cold. if your labs are good, this should even out.

[Steph~L~16 168]

Great! Maybe I will get to put my heater away this summer after all

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[James Marusek 5,244]

Fat is an excellent insulator. As you lose fat you lose the insulation that normally kept your body warm. Thus you are cold. Thank God for the individual that invented hand warmers. A very useful thing when you are shoveling snow in the middle of winter.

[Steph~L~16 168]

I'm glad I am not going through this during winter! Wyoming winters can be pretty cold. Even summers can be chilly at times, I get cold during the nights a lot as well. I am just hoping to acclimate at some point.

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[gowalking 10,790]

I was banded almost 3 1/2 years ago. I'm still cold. I have a heater in my office even though it's 'contraband'. I just bought a fur lined raincoat for next winter. Seriously. I wear a wetsuit in the pool at my Y because the Water is too cold for me. I wear flannel PJs and socks to bed in the winter...and still use a heavy comforter. It is what it is. Better to be cold than unhealthy.

[Renkoss 420]

I was always a hot sweaty mess too. I remember my first night home after surgery I woke up in the middle of the night freezing to the point of chattering teeth and shivering. I had to get an extra blanket to put on my bed. Since then I've been more on the cool side rather than hot. The only time I'm hot and sweaty now is if there is a lot of humidity.

[summerset 5,261]

The only time I'm hot and sweaty now is if there is a lot of humidity.

I hate that kind of weather (we have that right now). The dog hates it, too, lol.

[mngreeneyes 674]

I haven't noticed being COLD so much in my 6.5 months since surgery as not being hot. Today I walked across campus 1.25 miles. I was walking at a fairly fast pace for my short legs - about 16 min. miles. 6.5 months ago I would have been drenched in sweat by the time I arrived. Today I wasn't even breathing heavy!

My officemate is from Malawi in Africa and is ALWAYS cold. We got her a heating pad to sit under or on so that we didn't have dueling appliances - she had a heater and I had a fan. We both used both year round. We are much closer to the same temperature now. In fact she laughs everytime I say I'm cold!

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[SweetPeas 117]

I am always cold. ALWAYS. We still have flannel sheets on the bed and I am using a small heater in my office. I have learned to bring a sweater or wrap with me everywhere. It's all about layers.

[brie34 10]

When I checked into the hospital for surgery last week.....the lady at the counter told me that she had surgery too and her husband as well and that now they are ALWAYS cold!

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[Margie122 845]

I'm cold all the time. ALL THE TIME. Did I mention it was all the time?!

[Shaydi.Laine 237]

This topic came up in my support group and just about everyone in the room agreed the world feels much cooler than before surgery. The cause, I dunno, but I think it's a probably a result of the surgery directly and not about fat loss, because i started feeling cold right away, as do many others.

Personally I'm mostly happy about this as I used to feel too hot all the time and be sweating when no one else was. I also sleep much better and never wake up sweating. I may feel a lot different about this come winter, but for now, I'll take it.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I think the cold is partly at least because your body pulls resources (blood, etc.) from your extremities to heal from the trauma of surgery. As you heal you may feel somewhat warmer.

[summerset 5,261]

I don't feel cold at all. (Ok, maybe it's not the weather for feeling cold right now, lol).

I only get chills in the late evening when I'm beginning to get tired but I don't notice a difference compared to pre-op time.