GA-yaya
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- Joined
- Feb 12, 2011
- Messages
- 15
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Diagnosis
- 08/2010
- Country
- US
- State
- GA
- City
- Atlanta
My Mom has Bulbar ALS diagnosed Aug. 2010 - 1st symptoms Jan. 2009. She has very limited mobility now and is in her power wheelchair, power recliner, or hospital bed almost all of the time now.
Lately, she has been indicating that she is HOT! She dresses very lightly with a light nightgown & short-sleeve robe and barefeet, but she keeps a light microfiber blanket across her lap, legs, & feet. She wants the AC on...and isn't completely comfortable until it is set somewhere around 65 degrees! (She lives in Louisiana, and yes, she already needs the AC on.) She has no infections, and was recently checked by her ALS specialist.
What is most perplexing is that she is a lady who for her entire life has always been COLD! This is a most confusing turn of events. :?:
We have resorted to turning on a window unit in her bedroom while she is there, so that she doesn't have to cool the entire house with the central air and freeze everyone else. So far that has helped.
Does anyone else have this problem with their internal thermostat? Just wondering if there is something else we can do to help her.
Lately, she has been indicating that she is HOT! She dresses very lightly with a light nightgown & short-sleeve robe and barefeet, but she keeps a light microfiber blanket across her lap, legs, & feet. She wants the AC on...and isn't completely comfortable until it is set somewhere around 65 degrees! (She lives in Louisiana, and yes, she already needs the AC on.) She has no infections, and was recently checked by her ALS specialist.
What is most perplexing is that she is a lady who for her entire life has always been COLD! This is a most confusing turn of events. :?:
We have resorted to turning on a window unit in her bedroom while she is there, so that she doesn't have to cool the entire house with the central air and freeze everyone else. So far that has helped.
Does anyone else have this problem with their internal thermostat? Just wondering if there is something else we can do to help her.