Question: Always cold?

Cold!!!
I live in the mountains of north Alabama, a year out from treatment and COLD! I have been cold since about a month after the treatment ended. In my case it was body mass. I am about 6 feet tall and pre-C was 165-175 pounds. I lost down to 120 pounds right after treatment ended, and I was taking a lot of pain medication.

In my situation the answer was to cut the pain meds as much as I could stand and still function (I had a lot of nerve damage due to radiation, and am still on some heavy medication). But EAT, if i thought I was hungry, my wife made me eat. As I slowly put some of the pounds back I began to warm up a little. The pain meds made me cold because they slowed me down. But my wife, God Bless her, is a good cook and she has me back to respectable 150 pounds. With that I have cut the heater off in the office, and just wear long sleeves when I go out.

Hope this helps a little. God Bless and in our prayers.

Jim

Hi Nancy
It is part of our new normal; I too am always cold at home and at work. Nothing I tried helps it, I love 80 and 85 degrees weather but anything under 75 I don’t like. I sleep with two blankets at night because my wife is always hot and needs the AC set on 74 with the ceiling fan running.

I am thing of moving to Honduras for the winter and coming back to the US for the summer like a snow bird

Hondo

Cold
Buzz is always cold. He wore flannel pjs all summer! I have heard that this problem may be related to anemia. He remains anemic 1 year after chemo. Do you have that problem? In the meantime, LL Bean has lots of very warm clothing although a bit pricey. Karen

Bad News
I don't think it ever gets a lot better. Not only am I cold but my wife is one of those who is always hot (no comments Skiffen) and so we are always in a "discussion". She reminds me that there are only so many clothes she can take off so I'd better bundle up - what a great problem to have.

Ms Toughcookie
I went the opposite way after rads. I got all hot and sweaty all the time, which is gross for a girly girl like me. I used to always be freezing to death, now I get overheated and sick quickly. One of the things you might want to try are the microwave bags filled with rice or beans or flax. Some people make them or you can purchase them. I have booties of flax, a 'U' shaped flax for my neck, and a square one that some one made me that is full of rice. I would stick those suckers in the microwave and it was just awesome. Plus when I was married we couldn't afford the heat past 62-65 tops. I can also highly recommend a naked dog. They are like little hot water bottles. Nizzy is wonderful in the winter to snuggle with, though a bit icky-sticky in the summer sometimes. Lol. Sometimes I still charge up one of the microwave things if I'm sore. The dog tries to plop himself down on it before I can get it positioned onto whatever is sore! Sheesh.

weight loss?
I do chill a bit easier, though I'm not always cold. Of course, north central Florida is one of the warmer climes in the US (though it does get cold here, below freezing overnight for a couple weeks, and every couple decades there will be a freak snow flurry).

In my case, I lost 45-50 pounds, which I don't really have any intention of regaining (back almost to my high school weight, at age 53), and I think mine is just from having less natural "insulation" (fat!) on my body to keep me warm. One of the rare upsides to this whole deal.

Fwiw, ymmv.

Be well!

Fleece
I layer my clothing and have a fleece vest (Land's End, Columbia) and scarf. I need to wrap the scarf over my chin when it is cold outside. I also have a fleece 6 in one hat, I don't care what I look like, just so I am comfortable. (I do try to color match)