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Anyone else mnot able to stablise there body temp ?

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Hailea
Hailea

Hi everyone

I was just wondering if anyone else is having difficulty keeping warm even in the hot weather ?

I mentioned this to my GP and shge said it was down to the meds.More so co codamol. I have been off co codamol for a week now and even on the warmest of days I can't keep warm and I am some times so cold I am shivvering and have to have a thremal blanket and a hot water bottle to bring it under control again.

I took my  temperature with a digital thermometer and it reads

36.2 C and I feel like it is the middle of winter.even though thisafternoon it has been quite warm outside.

So I was just wondering anyone else like this ?

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  • attractac
    attractac Hailea

    Posted

    Your pictures are beautiful. I am 3 weeks post op and colder than usual but I have put it down to not moving about as much blood thinners and the fact that we are having a set summrr
    • Hailea
      Hailea attractac

      Posted

      Thank you attractac.Summer here is the usual 3 weeks of sun then rain or storms the rest of the time. I have even had hailstones in August here. eek
    • ian97093
      ian97093 Hailea

      Posted

      I certainly do like all the photos now being shown here, so glad I started to post some shots here and other people are now dping the same, I will get some together to share as I post from next week and I hope it will make my posts more interesting, and a nice interaction for people to share their hobby with us as we all recover from what is Major Surgery.

      Totsiens for now Ian .

    • Hailea
      Hailea ian97093

      Posted

      Thank you Ian. I look forward to more of your photos .

      I have photos of some of the Castles in Wales two of which are not that far away. I will post them up another time.

    • dot60135
      dot60135 ian97093

      Posted

      Hi Ian, Hope your having a wonderful holiday and not feeling cold ;-) love the idea of us posting some pictures so I have uploaded this one taken in my garden. Looking forward to seeing yours of your trip. Best wishes, Dot
  • Jodi-France
    Jodi-France Hailea

    Posted

    For those not in the UK, codamol is a pill with Codeine & Tylenol, Tylenol being called paracetamol in the UK, not sure about the rest of Europe. 
  • hilary02336
    hilary02336 Hailea

    Posted

    Hi

    i take the odd cocodamel plus ibrufen and paracetamol(not all at once) and find that my operation leg is colder than the other one. I think it is probably the trauma that was done to the leg during the operation. I am 17weeks post op.  I have noticed recently that I am feeling temperatures differently to those around me. Other hippies tell me that it takes up to a year to get back to normal!  Happy days.

    hilary

  • NinaKa
    NinaKa Hailea

    Posted

    Hi,

    My mother is 4 months post right hip replacement surgery. She is turning 79 soon. During last few months, every day she shivers and  her body temperature jumps to 37.4 C (max) in early evening and goes down before bedtime (her normal is 36.5C). Everyday. she feels cold constantly and wants to wear jumpers in such hot as we have now (33 C) here. Her ankles get swallen that go away by morning after rest.

    I do not write from the UK but will  be immencily grateful if you share with me if it is normal/common in h/r patients.

    She doesn't take any medication at the moment except blood pressure normalizer.

    Thank you in advance

    • renee01952
      renee01952 NinaKa

      Posted

      Hi Nina, 

      How are you and welcome to this wonderful forum ... 

      I go through these chills too but found out that it might be a side effect of the medication I am taking .. you wrote that your mother is not taking any, except for her blood pressure ... so I am not sure what to tell you ... I think it is "normal" ..but please, if it is a concern to you, contact your doctor  ... maybe they can do a blood test or some other tests ..esepcially if her ankles still swell , which is also "normal" - better safe than sorry ..

      How is she doing otherwise?  She is a lucky woman to have you close by .....

      warm hug and keep in touch 

    • jhb513
      jhb513 renee01952

      Posted

      I have trouble staying warm and we live in Louisiana. I am three weeks out from THR and believe the blood thinner contributes to my not staying warm. Usually I cannot stand the heat but this summer the A/C is a tad cold for me.
    • renee01952
      renee01952 jhb513

      Posted

      cheesygrin hi jhb --hopefully you are sound asleep under a blanket right now  !!!

      Could be the blood thinners ... for me, I prefer being cold and put on a sweater than hot and nothing to take off anymore ....

      stay cool -

       

    • NinaKa
      NinaKa renee01952

      Posted

      Dear renee,

      Thank you so much for welcome words and nice wishes indeed. Control check up with her surgeon was 2 months after operation. Then her x-ray came very good as the healing process seemed went well; all blood tests came normal and her abdominal scan was normal (did just in case). In general she is a very healthy woman who was/is physically very active and even now she can't rest in bad after getting up at 6-7am and moving around non stop but age takes its toll, as I assume sad(. 

      I recall that family doctor prescribed several meds for heart's proper functioning something to nourish heart muscles or so, I will check with her more on this. Also, she tries (always did) to avoid any med and I think it can be the psychological, med phobia or smth?

      And, all the praise will go to my father who took v.good care of her after operation, he is 82 smile

      I plan to take her to anonther surgeon for consultation.

      Thank you again and will stay here with you to hear others experiences and share my mother's.

    • NinaKa
      NinaKa renee01952

      Posted

      Dear renee,

      If I may ask you what kind of medication are you takeing which may cause those chills?

    • dot60135
      dot60135 NinaKa

      Posted

      Hi Nina, I am a lot younger than your mum and not taking any medication but still feel cold and I am 5 months post op. Its lovely here at the moment, everyone in shorts and tee-shirts and I have got my woodburning stove lit, also wearing a thermal cardigan.

      It is normal and can take many months before it resolves, I just hope it sorts itself out before we get to winter :-)

      Best wishes, Dot.

    • NinaKa
      NinaKa dot60135

      Posted

      Hi Dot,

      Thank you for your reply indeed.

      I read somewhere in the net that it can be the body's reaction to get adjusted to the prosthesis?!

      We have 38 C here and she wants to sit in the sun to warm up followed with the raised body temperature.

      Wish you and others fast recovery smile

      You are all such lovely people!

    • renee01952
      renee01952 NinaKa

      Posted

      Hi Nina -- I am on Celebrex which was prescibed by my surgeon - 

      flu like symptoms and chills is what I remember being one of the many, many side effects --  catch 22 really with these pain meds - I stopped taking them and whoa ... very unhappy puppy and in a lot of pain - 

      big hug

      renee

       

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