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Re: Hot flashes.....sweating for no apparant reason,adversion to heat...
From: Barbra (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:59:53 -0600 (CST)
Hi Kimberly,
I am sorry,I don't understand what you mean.
What is normal?
They still are doing further investigations on my thyroid,actually
today,I went in for more thyroid tests,but just bloodwork again.No
thyroid scan has been mentioned to me.I am sick and tired of getting
these tests done repeatedly.
It is the same old,same old tests done over and over again.
My body temperatures are EXTREME!
I am HOT,then COLD.When I am cold,my feet are purplish,as they were
today at the doctor's office....then when warm,my feet are burning
red.The same is in my legs,but again,only when they are down.This is
strange.They still say it is raynauds phenomena and my doctor went into
great detail about that today with me.It is one symptom of lupus.I still
disagree with him,and clearly he can see that I don't fit with the
classical symptoms of Raynauds.Mine never blanch and turn white,as they
do with others with this syndrome.Others with this syndrome have
purplish or red colors to their hands and fingers as well,but does not
matter whether their legs are up or down.Mine will just be that color
when down.This is stressing me out to say the least.Not only are they
discolored when I stand,but hurt.My hands will also turn red when they
are warm,and I mean RED,but never purple.
I did try something else last night....I ate carbs before retiring and I
was still freezing this morning,so,I don't know now if this is carb
related for me.I also ate pasta for the first time in ages and it didn't
bother me heatwise at all.I guess I am the Puzzle and will remain
so,till they find out what is causing this for me.
I am trying to find a pattern,as I tried the last week to keep the
thermostat in my house untouched.I still get icy cold for no reason and
then boiling hot for no reason.
It is almost feeling as if I have a bad flu with the temps,as when I am
cold,I am shaking cold.When I am hot,I cannnot cool off as I once was
able to do.I mean that I cannot perspire sometimes to cool me off,only
after a shower,that is when I will sweat bullets,then later will freeze.
I watched a very interesting show on Oprah yesterday,she had women on
that were complaining of symptoms much the same as mine,and Oprah as
well.ICy cold ,then hot,,apparantly these women get these heart palps
out of the blue too,,have seen dozens of specialists who don't know
what's going on,then only to find that they are actually
pre-menopausal.They have the alternating heat and cold...they are also
in their thirties.Makes one wonder.
Thanks for your input!
>I suggested further investigation into the thyroid not because of the
>heat, but because of the alternating cold and heat together. these do
>not sound like hot flashes - and it's sounds as if a NORMAL body temp.
>feeling is not common, regardless of what has been eaten.
>
>At Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Barbra wrote:
>>
>>At Wed, 06 Feb 2002, Renee wrote:
>>>
>>>Barbara,
>>>
>>>I understand how you feel. For me, it was completely carb related. When I ate
>>>carbs, I got really hot, radiating like you said. Now that I have severely
>>>limited my carbs, I only get it when I miss a snack, or in the morning before
>>>I get up (if I haven't been tightly controlled in the recent days).
>>>
>>>Renee
>>>
>>Renee,
>>Maybe it can be carb related to me as well.
>>I just took the opportunity to read thru some of your posts that I had
>>missed about the hot spells.
>>In one post,you speak of that ,if you are warm enough to cuddle in the
>>morning that you are well controlled.Are you saying that you will awake
>>warm if your diet isn't well controlled?
>>I find that too,but didn't really think that the carbs could make me so
>>hot upon waking.
>>Yesterday,I basically ate total protein...carbs were only some
>>strawberries and broccoli,cauliflower,lots of celery.
>>
>>I ate a piece of cheese before retiring,and I awoke chilly,which was
>>always the way I used to awake.It could be that I am cheating,as I tend
>>to shake for something sweet in the evenings after doing yoga.I actually
>>shake for a fix of sugar...a piece of chocolate or a
>>cookie...sometimes,I am really bad and eat more than I wish to tell.I
>>find this strange,as after yoga,my body is relaxed and normal
>>temperature..no sweating with the yoga and I do it for an hour
>>faithfully every night before going to bed,and I really get hungary for
>>something sweet.I have the carb...feel better,but awake hot.The complete
>>opposite happened upon waking today...I am cold...at least I can be
>>cuddly.
>>So,off to take a shower and see how well I can manage not perspiring
>>after I am finished,so that at least I can feel that I don't need
>>another one.
>>
>>I have to ask a silly question here,that I may be wrong about the way
>>that I post what I THINK may be true,but would appreciate your advice on
>>the subject.
>>
>>Isn't it true that body temperatures do fluctuate even with normal
>>people?
>>To my knowledge,(please correct me if I am wrong),you awake with a lower
>>body temperature(means you should be cool upon waking),and usually the
>>body temp peaks after being awake for 10 hours and then should go down
>>again before going to sleep?
>>
>>When being a so called "Normal" person,that was the way it was for me.
>>I was always chilled upon waking...felt good,as I could snuggle into a
>>cozy robe and have warm cup of coffee or tea,then shower and feel
>>great....body temp would be normal all day...of course doing alot of
>>walking as I did with my former position as a general manager for a
>>jewellery chain store;and always on the move,I was a normal warm.Then
>>just before it would be my bed time,I would again feel chilled and
>>snuggle under the covers and drift into a normal,uninterrupted sleep.
>>
>>The radiating heat is really unbelievable,as my husband says I feel like
>>a hot element on our stove,radiating heat....jokingly saying that I can
>>heat the kettle myself....haha to him!
>>
>>Also,if you don't mind me asking your advice on the kelp.
>>What is you opinion on me taking kelp in my multi vitamin/mineral
>>complex?It is only ten mg.
>>Thanks again for always responding.
>>Barbra
>>
>>>Barbra Camara wrote:
>>>> <snip>
>>>> I just want to know how many suffer hot flashes,sweating and adversion
>>>> to warmth..and then go completely opposite for a week or so and be icy
>>>> cold?
>>>> I am talking that you can actually feel the heat radiating from my
>>>> body...I can be my husband's electric heating blanket!And to think that
>>>> just ten years ago we had a water bed that I loved,as it was so warm and
>>>> cuddly.Ahh...miss being able to like being warm and cozy.
>>>> No matter what,I cannot seem to regulate my body thermostat and that is
>>>> certainly taking the toll on my heating bills,not to mention that my
>>>> husband already doesn't know what the heck is going on with the temps in
>>>> the house,as I keep fiddling with the thermostat all day long and asking
>>>> him:"are you hot"?
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
>>>
>>>---
>>>
>>>Don't follow in the footsteps of the masters. Seek what they sought.
>>> --Zen saying
>>>
>>--
>>Sincerely,
>>Barbra Camara
>>
--
Sincerely,
Barbra Camara
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