Brrrrrr Rauynards

sleepymy

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

ALWAYS!!! not too hot for things that might wilt, like lettuce, but quite warm for root veg!

You risk food poisoning rinsing under the hot tap I think. You could try wearing a pair of gloves inside an oversized pair of rubber gloves, you get a few washed before the cold gets through.

SingleSue

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Me too, tap water always feels warmer. Dealing with potatoes is the hardest as they have so many little lumps and bumps to hold dirt. My girls get it worse though - the youngest wears gloves in class as she can't hold a pen when it's cold outside. I have difficulty typing, as my 10 digit 180wpm (was my job) degenerates into about 45 with 3 fingers working, and I avoid writing when possible.

Just got them both microwave furry slipper boots - they contain a lavender scented wheatbag in them. As long as I only micro them for a minute rather than the two the instructions demand, they have worn them almost non stop since Christmas day - including at night.

The most worrying is when you can't feel your feet with the cold and don't notice you've cut them or a sharp toenail has ulcerated another one until someone else spots the blood when you fall over in the kitchen holding a pan of boiling soup.

But hey, I accept help of all kinds, financial and practical, as I have found that being a sour faced martyr does nothing to retain friends and support networks. Doesn't make me any more or less of a good/bad person, it just makes me a bit more pragmatic than the esoterically minded on the forum.

Eldest has to wear gloves in class even at the height of summer, you can imagine what it has been like in the cold snap.....blooming impossible!

He stepped on a rusty nail on Friday and had to have his dressings changed today, the nurse complained about his icy cold feet making the dressings awkward to stick and couldn't quite get it when eldest said "But my feet are always cold, even in summer" as she was telling him he really should wear socks all the time when out of bed, not just when he was coming up to the hospital :rotfl:(he does wear socks - he doesn't go barefeet)

His is secondary to EDS.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

sleepymy wrote: »

You risk food poisoning rinsing under the hot tap I think. You could try wearing a pair of gloves inside an oversized pair of rubber gloves, you get a few washed before the cold gets through.

When you're going to boil the potatoes afterwards?

applepad

Woke up to snow this am and have dropped every thing I have touched!

Only recently been diagnoised, been told no booze and no caffeine.

I have pains in my arms most of the time and pins and needles in my fingers, worse when I drive, can only do. A few miles, then loose grip of wheel.

Living in thermals and ugg boots!

School holidays, so kids are playing on the Xbox and I have gone back to bed and my electric blanket!

Even had my wool coat on when it was 22"

gingergee

I get it as part of SLE. I sit there with blue hands and feet in summer!!! Drives my OH mad!! x
PS also get DLA, but for SLE and related kidney disorder x

Anubis_2

skiTTish wrote: »

Having had Raynauds for over 25 yrs ,I do know what its like !
But if I have been on the verge of needing an amputation and on heart tablets can hold down a job then I have every right to my opinion of those who use it as an excuse !

And its 'scroungers' who make life difficult for those who really need DLA!!!

DLA is NOT an out of work benefit though....Just because someone claims DLA does not mean they are not working.

I have Reynauds and use bed socks when the swelling isn't bad and use a slanket - not the clones, but the real slanket which is much better quality and thicker so is warmer.

My friend abroad also made me a hand made blanket which helps. I don't use hot water bottles because I have a memory foam mattress.