Hi everyone.
I find it interesting that so many people say that winter is much harder on them. I myself can’t wait for winter. It allows me to walk a few blocks outside! Even better get from my car into and out of the grocery store without having to go at 6 am before it warms up! Just for my better understanding what are some of the challenges some are having that is made worse by winter? Thanks.
Alina
I too find winter better on my feet as I can actually wear boots to and from the car. The problem I have is my ankles and legs ache so much from the cold so sometimes I wonder which is worse.
I think it’s to do with what your em is secondary to. I find winter much worse because I get severe nerve pain, numbness and icy feeling in the cold but then as soon as I go indoors or in my car and the temp changes my feet then go into full on EM flare. My feet are much better if in a constant temp which is easier to achieve in summer. Yes the heat does affect them but it doesn’t bounce from cold to hot pain constantly.
Yes. I get that. It is difficult to change the temp. It’s hard to dress in enough layers to accommodate the temp change. I have quite the neurovascular instability and suffer from significant Reynolds and pernio in my feet when it’s not that cold but my burning pain is worse ,way worse so I will take numb and prickly extremitys any day. It helps I am not working so I simply don’t go much of anywhere and when I do go to the store I limit it to 10 or so minutes immediately take off any layers. My big thing is I don’t have central air just the AC in my window so in the summer I can’t keep my house cool enough. I have to be up extremely early to do anything I need to do before 10-11 am when my little AC can’t keep up! I put blankets up in the doorways so the living room will stay cooler so I am pretty much a prisoner in my living room in the summer and the winter I get run of the house! I know something has to change in that regard but comming up with the money for real AC is a challenge when your not working.
if any one does have any tips for dealing with the temp change please let me know. I’ve got the bring little slip on slipper like shoes in my purse so I can take off boots but what do I do with my boots in the store?yes now that I am thinking about it I am beginning to see what you mean!