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[layla]

... but before getting ANY work done, I'm gonna go put on another sweater because I'm freezing to death. Perhaps literally. For some reason, my internal thermostat seems to have reset itself to "borderline hypothermic" ... I'm quite serious. I first thought to check my body temperature a few months ago, and found it was about 96.5. Since then, I find that it fluxuates between about 96 and 97 degrees.

By comparison, "normal" human body temperature is supposed to be 98.6F. This means that at the best of times, my body temperature is a degree and a half below normal. Thus I have no energy and feel like I'm freezing all the time. Our heating bill is going through the roof, so I've been trying to keep the thermostat turned down to normal, even if it means I have to pile sweaters on myself to keep warm.

This makes moving to Alaska look even sillier, doesn't it?

*shivers off to put on sweater*

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Do you ever check your temp when you feel ok? I hadn't really thought to do that until recently, but right now I feel comfortable, and I checked my temp, and it's 98.0 (for those of you who don't know, I apparently also have a ridiculously low body temp). So apparently mine is lower when I'm cold, which makes sense.

So now I wonder about cause and effect. Are you cold because something is making your body temp low, or is your body temp low because something is making you cold? Did that make any sense at all, or do I need to lay off the peace pipe?

[(Anonymous)]

Er, I guess if I'm not going to be a member, I should at least sign my submissions. That last post was from me, Harmony, sister of the webmistress.

ah heh. DEFINATELY need less caffeine in my life. Or more brain, or something.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

No, I do see what you're saying. And you've probably got a point. I haven't done anything resembling a rigorous scientific investigation of the whole thing. I'm actually thinking about keeping some sort of temperature diary (actually, when I start trying to get pregnant I may have to do it anyway) if only so I have something to point to in a doctor's office and say, "Look! I'm not making this up! Really!"

The cold feeling, at least subjectively, also seems to correlate with other factors ... not just what I'm wearing, but whether or not I've eaten (sometimes I get really cold after eating ... could be related to blood sugar) or what time of day it is (I'm coldest in late evening/night, which is a fairly normal part of the human circadian rhythm, I suppose).