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mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:08 PM Feb 2016

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

Yesterday......Mom-"what's the temperature outside?"
Me-"63"
Mom-"that's cold"

Today.........Mom-what's the temperature outside?
Me--"48"
Mom-"that's really cold"

Even 74 for her is cold

I told her today is like an early spring day. She doesn't get it.

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Living with an 85 year old mom who takes a blood thinner.......... (Original Post) mrmpa Feb 2016 OP
She probably IS really cold. Laffy Kat Feb 2016 #1
Maybe it's about blood thinners Madam Mossfern Feb 2016 #2
That would make sense. Laffy Kat Feb 2016 #5
I'm on one and I'm not cold - TBF Feb 2016 #12
I think as you get older your metabolism slows. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #3
I usedto keep my house at 68 and wear a sweater, but lately hollysmom Feb 2016 #4
Seems like every year you get older the same Downwinder Feb 2016 #6
If our house isn't at 72 degrees I freeze! I am on blood thinners xarelto right now. My Iron level auntAgonist Feb 2016 #7
My mother's blood must be naturally thin Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #8
People's skin gets thin as they get older. Main reason why old people patricia92243 Feb 2016 #9
Well, Christ...now we're thin-skinned and cold-blooded. trof Feb 2016 #10
We moved north from Florida Ahpook Feb 2016 #11

Madam Mossfern

(2,340 posts)
2. Maybe it's about blood thinners
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:50 PM
Feb 2016

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.

Laffy Kat

(16,354 posts)
5. That would make sense.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:22 PM
Feb 2016

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

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,268 posts)
3. I think as you get older your metabolism slows.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:58 PM
Feb 2016

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.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
4. I usedto keep my house at 68 and wear a sweater, but lately
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:08 PM
Feb 2016

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

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)
6. Seems like every year you get older the same
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:27 PM
Feb 2016

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

auntAgonist

(17,252 posts)
7. If our house isn't at 72 degrees I freeze! I am on blood thinners xarelto right now. My Iron level
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:38 PM
Feb 2016

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

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
8. My mother's blood must be naturally thin
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:34 PM
Feb 2016

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.

patricia92243

(12,590 posts)
9. People's skin gets thin as they get older. Main reason why old people
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:58 PM
Feb 2016

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

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