FINALLY! I have found not one but TWO things I **HATE** about my sleeve.

[Yasman 195]

@@LipstickLady I appreciated your colorful, creative and restrained word choice with "the milk and muffin 'revisited'".

I am in the south, Florida, and am just about 4 months post-op now and I'm noticing the cold factor here. I used to keep my air conditioning on supercold (68 degrees maybe in-home) year-round but since the surgery I'm noticing I get cold on the couch or in bed even though I'm now keeping the air closer to 74 or 75. Lately fall weather has finally caught up with us down here and we are having cool breezy afternoons and I'm thinking its time to buy a coat because brrrrr.

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

I always thought I preferred cold over hot, too. But this is BONE CHILLING cold. All the time.

I still prefer thin over fat, though, so...

I was the same way....thought cold would be so much better then feeling sweltering heat all the time.. Well not so..2 years out and looking for wool everything. It is so scary to see winter showing its ugly face in our country...Since hibernation is not an option. I must look like I gained 30 lbs every time I leave the warmth of my bed......With the layers of clothing.

[Quest4TheNewMe 225]

Yeah, since I'm always cold pre-op, I'm sure it's not going to get better post-op and I live in MN.... Maybe I need to move somewhere that's warmer!

[Sherrischeffler 74]

I found some fleece lined leggings @walmart for $6 wpre them today & im happy & toasty working outside.

[barriej9 61]

i have been colder too, but I would not trade my sleeve for anything.

[Julie norton 2,850]

Love my heating pads. Have several in different places in the house to use. And electric blanket to heat the bed before I get in. Not too cold once I get warm.

What's with my feet being so cold? I used a hair dryer the other day because my toes were icy and couldn't warm up. Worked well.

And I'm in California. Now I understand those people who go to Arizona for the cold months. Sorry to those who truly have to brave the elements.

[ziggypbang 272]

ICE. COLD. ALWAYS. I sometimes go into the bathroom at work just to stand by the hand dryer for a while. Wool is the greatest stuff EVER. Everything should be made of wool! And all base layers should be poly or silk - those cotton thermals just don't cut it.

My fingers and toes have developed this weirdness called Raynaud's phenomenon- I usually can't feel most of my fingertips and they are bone white from the last knuckle to my fingertips. Sometimes they turn blue, and sometimes red. They're very patriotic!

I have to touch people's face in my job as an eye doctor. I've been apologizing for the icy hands when they jump away from me in shock. Sometimes I mention that my father is half vampire. Not everyone gets the reference.

[newmebithebypass 713]

I run hot I can't wait for the surgery so I can cool off

[m.sexton 33]

wow I think I am going to like this part best of all about the sleeve. I stay hot all the time and pouring sweat when everyone else around me is fine. I cant wait to be cold ICE COLD FREEZING!!!!! lol I HATE going outside now because it is so hot and I work in an office and don't want to be all sweaty when I come back in. Thank ya'll I have something else to look forward to

[DylanRae 71]

While I never enjoyed being hot and sticky from sweat just thinking about walking to the other room, now, 100+ lbs smaller, AND it's winter time, I am so cold all the time! Shiver down to my bones. There was a brief moment in my weight loss some point in the summer where I had found a neutral temperature. It was really nice. :/ now I'm just always cold. But the bright side to that is that I have much more motivation to finish making any one of my throw blanket projects that I started.

[B-52 7,113]

I cannot get through winters without a electric blanket!!!

And yes, this is because of weight loss...no longer have that whale blubber as insulation.

[lorri716 256]

I too found that I am freezing all the time. I've only dropped 40lbs so far but damn I'm cold all the time. I'm so not looking forward to the colder weather.