almost_hectic
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Okay, I'm originally from Chicago, moved to Florida bout three years ago. The saying about people who have lived here long enough is that they adjust to the hot weather because their blood "has thinned out" and that why they're able to tolerate the heat and even set the thermostat much higher than most peopl care for because they're more comfortable at a higher temp now.
I always thought this was a figure of speech and not any physical change. But since I started on Coumadin after surgery and have actually "thinner blood" it feels similar kinda... It's like my new normal comfort zone is a degree or two higher and below that I'm freezing! At home I have to set the AC higher or the house is cold enough to give me chills. Same if I go somewhere, it always feels cold like they have the air conditioning blasted!
Are theses actual results of thinned blood? I thought maybe just a side effect of recovering from surgery? Only part of my thinking that doesn't fit is I'm hot when I sleep, actually not even hot but my head sweats and I get a damp pillow. Originally I thought this was a side effect of pain meds cuz they seemed to make me feel real flush and warm about an hour after a dose but I'm off pain meds now. Woke up tonight to they damp floppy pillow and decided to take my temperature and it was almost perfect at 98.7 so I can't hardly call that a fever.
Are my body's systems still just a tad out of whack from surgery at just over a month from surgery? Are they side effects to blood thinners? Will this go away?... Soon hopefully? Anyone else experience similar?
I always thought this was a figure of speech and not any physical change. But since I started on Coumadin after surgery and have actually "thinner blood" it feels similar kinda... It's like my new normal comfort zone is a degree or two higher and below that I'm freezing! At home I have to set the AC higher or the house is cold enough to give me chills. Same if I go somewhere, it always feels cold like they have the air conditioning blasted!
Are theses actual results of thinned blood? I thought maybe just a side effect of recovering from surgery? Only part of my thinking that doesn't fit is I'm hot when I sleep, actually not even hot but my head sweats and I get a damp pillow. Originally I thought this was a side effect of pain meds cuz they seemed to make me feel real flush and warm about an hour after a dose but I'm off pain meds now. Woke up tonight to they damp floppy pillow and decided to take my temperature and it was almost perfect at 98.7 so I can't hardly call that a fever.
Are my body's systems still just a tad out of whack from surgery at just over a month from surgery? Are they side effects to blood thinners? Will this go away?... Soon hopefully? Anyone else experience similar?