Living with an 85 year old mom who takes a blood thinner..........

Not sure I understand your post.

and feeling cold?
I've been taking blood thinners since I was 46 years old. Sometimes I'm cold and sometimes I'm not.
I'm always colder than my husband is, but that's been forever.

Also, older people, in general, have a harder time regulating their bodies' temp. which is what I was getting at.

I am late 40s. I think it's a metabolic issue.

All the old people I've ever known kept their thermostats at about 75. My dad's apartment felt like a sauna and he wrapped himself in blankets and sweaters anyhow. He had the metabolism of a lizard by the time he was 90, and I guess that's pretty common. Maybe that's the real reason people retire to Florida and Arizona.

even at 70 I feel cold and I don't take blood thinners, just old and body thermostat not working as well.

temperature feels colder. Remember running around in the snow as a child or ice skating on the lagoon?

is always very very low. I get iron infusions every other month or so. A series of 5 at a time over a 1 week period. I can layer up and still be cold.
In the evenings you'll find me under a blanket on the couch sometimes with a heating pad set on low just to warm me up.

I imagine your 85 year old mum IS cold. I really feel for her.
I've found that silk under shirts help retain heat.
You may want to check out this site.

http://wintersilks.blair.com/

They can be a bit pricey though.

Even in summer I'm cold.

*warm* for your Mum

Or she has poor circulation.

Even when she was younger it was never warm enough for her. Now I realize that many people become more cold intolerant as they age, but her hourse is always stifling inside. I think she likes the heat up around 400 or so. Sliiiight exaggeration.

feel cold. I know - because it has happened to me. Lucky me got to move to sunny WARM Florida.

We'll soon start voting repug.

And stay cold.

It doesn't matter if its summer time. Brrrr