Do you (like me) struggle with the cold? Muscles and nerves struggle?
The reason is with severe or prolonged cold, metabolic inhibition and ion pump failure can lead to a gradual depolarization (less negative Resting Membrane Potential ) as ion gradients break down.
Let me say that in plain English : The cold slows your internal electrics up ; your battery goes flat (in your body and your car) ; nerves, muscles, digestion come to a near standstill.
FIRE YOUR WOOD BURNER UP !!
Roland
I tried jumping up and down and waving my arms around.
Now I’m in a heap on the floor, cold. and can’t get up.
Shouldn’t have tried that.
I usually go into ancestor mode. Hibernation the key. Climb under a cover for an hour.
Dream, ponder and look forward, as nights get shorter, to the return of daylight and warmth.
Bobbi I very definitely go with your second paragraph!
Long johns see me through the colder months, they are so good, they are worth stepping into the ring for, long johns and hotties. I gave my eldest son a hottie for the night, when he woke up he was generally surprised that it was still warm by the morning and he said to me, sometimes I underestimate the effectiveness of old technology. Keep in mind he is Gen Z.
I struggle more with the heat than the cold. A few extra layers and a hot water bottle keeps me reasonably warm. I also find that I warm up quite quickly when out and about. The one thing I don’t like is ice, can be lethal to walk on.
I hate the cold with a passion but I live in Scotland so we see that fuzzy yellow ball in the sky but a few times a year all strip off and get burnt.
This morning I was out scraping mine and my colleagues cars in -7c and my hands were more than a little chilled. But I do love wrapped up and a good walk on days like today as helps me sleep so much better at night.
I have always enjoyed the cold. Did the Win Hof course pre covid. It was epic. I was Ice bathing right up to my stroke in November 25. Its so strange now to be constantly cold down my right side. I have bailed on the ice baths until I have recovered a bit. Started wearing gloves for the first time in my life !.
One thing that does help is Reiki. Whenever I practice my hand warms right up.
I am planning on a new career in massage so the cold hand isn’t ideal ha !
Windermere early Feb 2020
I’ve been given some woolly legwarmers. They do a grand job for when I’m sitting in my wheelchair.
I don’t know how it works - but, I agree, depending on the practitioner the transfer of heat can be amazing. Good story, thx,
Roland
Prior to my stroke I never felt the cold much. I put it down to working outside in my younger days in the winter as a landscape gardener. Then working in a chilled and frozen warehouse. Chill area +1 to +2. And -25 in the freezer with wind factor of -36. Yes fully geared up for it. Often in the job now I worked outside. But since the stroke I do feel it a bit more. Never used to put a hat / scarf and gloves on to take the 
for a walk in the winter months. Argh well it’s either the stroke / old age or I’m turning into a mouse.
Or your brain has made a new pathway and now you have become a Winter fashionista.
Constantly struggle with the cold feeling all down my effected side. When I lived back in Scotland we would go wild water swimming in the lochs, but I have not for some years! I am always looking into ways to regain circulation in my foot ,lots available on google. I tend to keep active in the house when weather is to bad to go out, walking to circulate it, foot lifts , I also got given a small ball with soft rubber spikes to place under my foot with or without socks to help aid circulation rolling it across the floor gently (this also helps with dystonic muscle spasms). I have personally noticed the less fluid I drink I get dehydrated the poor circulation gets worse.
Good observation. I pop a molecular hydrogen fizzy pill in some water once a day to maintain healthy polarized voltage-gated ion channels… errr in plain English it helps my zombie side become less zombie
Roland
