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vicky_l

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hi

does anyone else struggle to get warm?

I am constantly cold

my home or lounge is at a steady 18-22 degrees (kitchen and bathroom lower) yet I am always cold my feet are often like ice and my hands and like now I am shivery

is this to do with diabetes or maybe something else?

dont like bugging drs always scared where it will lead too kinda hoping its diabetes and you guys will have some more good solid advice for me

xoxox
 
Feet like ice can be due to many things.

First: Being at the end of your legs they get a poorer circulation than the rest of you.

Second: Hot air rises and the temperature difference between the floor and the ceiling in a room can be large. You say your room temperature is 18 - 22. So it's 18 at what height above the floor. In my house my cat complains a lot since he is always nearer the floor than I am.

Third: Diabetics suffer from circulation problems and it can get to be a big problem. If you think your cold feet are due to diabetes then contact your doctor.
 
Im always cold too but have been like this for ages long before diagnosis. Not sure if it has anything to do with diabetes
 
I used to have really sweaty feet- horrible. For the past 10 years that has reversed. They are always cold, blocks of ice. Thats why I always ensure I get my annual foot check... Last time the podiatrist said I had the best diabetic feet she had seen... ( there must be some awful ones out there!!).. However I do always have excellent pulse in my feet on the check ups and feeling... So it doesn't mean to say that the coldness is diabetic complications.. Mine certainly isn't.

I too get really cold hands. I work outside and yet its onlly inside that I notice they are cold.

Full body wise though I raely feel cold anywhere else.

As long as I have my regular checkups, podiatrist etcI don't link the cold extremities with my diabetes.

Interesting to read other people also feel this coldness too, perhaps I should change my thinking about cold extremities and diabetes...
 
thank you for your replies

ok temp is mid room level and drafty home so part of problem there

this home is cold I just this year have struggle much more so wondered if diabetes related

I have a podiatry appointment next week on Wednesday so will have feet thoroughly check plus hopefully will get an appt in May for a nerve test

just wondered if I was alone in this staying warm battle (as in new condition or existing one)

thanks again

xoxox
 
I went to New York in January 2009, there were sub zero temperatures. I haven't felt warm since. My basal temperature is about 36.3 degrees. I'm fed up of feeling cold. I've started wearing an extra layer of clothes and ignoring when I feel a bit warm to try and raise my basal temperature.

I've had my thyroid tested and my TSH level is normal, although I think there are further tests that my GP could do.
 
I am cold all the time, the house is draughty and the heating system not great. My feet and particularly hands are freezing, but I was like that pre diagnosis. Three people gave me hand warmers for Christmas! I don't think mine is diabetic frost.

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Yup cold all the time, but I doubt it's diabetes related! I've noticed it more so this winter but I put that down to dropping 1.5 to nearly 2 stone pre-diagnosis (I only went to the doctor when I noticed I was losing muscle mass - whoops!) and so I don't have fat on me to keep me warm! Constant battle in our house over the heating, I'm shivering and my partners in a tshirt saying he's warm! My hands are by far the worst, my feet used to be bad too but I invested in some expensive but very cosy slippers. My best investment yet!
 
thanks for your replies :D

:( so many of you cold too

my temp is usually around 35.5/35.6 didnt think of that

been cold lot longer than been diagnosed so will reassure self its just me bieng weird

yes I am considering saving for some proper sheepskin slippers, hopefully by next winter will have those and be warmer feet atleast

they say you lost majority of your heat through head and feet so maybe should invest in a wooly hat too :wink:

xoxox
 
I'm always cold and never can get warm sitting in the house at night - poor boiler in churning out as much heat as it can in this cold weather too! It's a fairly new thing for me that's developed over the last 12-18 months - mine affects all over not just hands and feet. Sat here writing this feeling cold :crazy:
 
:( Riri

that is tough

mine is all over too just feet and hands worse effected

guess its get up and dance :lol: to keep warm is the answer

xoxox
 
Never thought of that - or there's always housework :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
 
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