cold feet, improving circulation?

[qhcrazy]

My feet, especially my toes, are cold, it seems all the time. Anyone else experience this? I can't keep the bottom half of my legs and my feet warm. They actually look yellow to me. I can press the top of my toes and no color comes back, like when you press any other part of your body that's normal, and the blood comes back and you can see it "fill in" the part where you just pressed. HELP!!!!

[cindylee]

Hi gh...boy, do I know what you mean. I was cold for the past two years since my surgery. My feet always feel cold, even in the summer. I guess that's a blessing in a way. This winter I am a little better but not much. Ever since my surgery I seem to be cold even in the summer. I guess it's just a body temp thing related to the surgery. When my feet feel cold and my legs they also feel more numb. I haven't found a way to keep them warmer yet, so you aren't alone in this. Cindy

[chickiet]

My feet often SEEM cold to me - it's strange because I feel like they are cold, but if I take off my socks and shoes and feel them, they are often not cold at all. It is so weird - my brain is telling me that my feet are a different temperature than they are.

I've been pretty fortunate - I've typically been the type that was always cold - but after my surgeries I have been more likely to be warm (or hot). Not a hot flash either - this is sustained being warm.

The only exceptions to my feeling warm is the sensation that my feet are cold (when they are not) - and the small of my back, which I am constantly aware as feeling cold (which it's not).

One other wierd sensory thing is that when my feet or legs touch something cold, my brain often tells me that I'm touching something wet (not cold). All in all, just a crazy combination of odd sensations.

Chris

[went]

I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure that whole "...can press the top of my toes and no color comes back, like when you press any other part of your body that's normal, and the blood comes back and you can see it "fill in" the part where you just pressed." thing isn't good.

[vickie]

With the onset of my tumor I've felt my bad leg getting colder and colder. At first it was just my right foot but of late it's moved up to just below the knee. It feels icy to the touch. If I put on two pairs of socks and my slippers it warms it up or if I get up and walk as much as I can it warms up. It gets so cold that my leg turns blue. I always assumed it was from the nerve damage but I don't know why it is getting worse.
Another thing to add to my list to ask the doc

[supv26]

I'm cold all the time too. Not so much as in shivering cold but as in cold to the touch. My feet do not feel cold to me but if you touch them they feel like ice cubes. I do require more blankets at night and a heating blanket but that has just been me. I like the weight of the blankets on me when I sleep.

In the winter I usually wear my Under Amour around the house as clothes. I wear them under my uniform for work so I don't have to wear my coat. When I get home I peel off the uniform and then just wear my under amour. If I need to go out I can just slip on my coveralls.

When I go to bed I take the under amour off and my legs and feet don't feel cold to me but I sure can run the wife out of the bed in a hurry LOL. She says she can feel the cool air coming off of my body as I lay next to her. Also, every time I go the Dr they take my temp and for the most part is below normal.

[Joel]

I too, have had this problem since my surgery. I wear warm socks to bed when it is chilly out, and avoid exposing my feet and legs as much as possible. They do eventually warm up, but sometimes it takes a long while.

[8338]

Hi everyone,
Count me in on the cold feet issue. Them and my legs alllllllllllllllllllllways feel cold but are normal feeling when I touch them. I sit at work with a sweater on my legs (like a little old lady). I'd kill for a hot flash, ha,ha. After my sugery my periods stopped (they were on their way out anyway because I was 50) but I also never had a hot flash. Maybe the doctor also took my hormones! :->

[ScrapHeap]

I think I'm out of the norm on this one. Except for sometimes the tops of my feet feel like they're cold. More often, they and the tops of my toes feel like they're wet. For the most part they don't feel as anything normal - Just weird nerve related pains. Those are the sensations I usually experience.

Physically, my right foot and up to my lower right shin is always colder to the touch than my left. It kinda freaked out my general practitioner when he first checked me out after surgery. "Did you realize that your right foot is way colder than your left?" I felt like saying DUH Doc. Your Mom shoulda named you Sherlock. But I just grinned and said yes, I know.

Not long ago my feet looked like yellow corn. they looked like they belonged to a diabetic. Recently they have regained quite a bit of their color. I noticed this shortly after the heavy swelling went away.

Before my surgery I was cold natured. Now I go outside when the temp is down in the lower 20's with a sweat shirt, long pants and sneaks. I can't tell how cold me or my feet are. I use my hands as my temp gauge. When the hands get tingly cold it's time to find a warmer place to light.

[shannan]

Don't they say cold feet, warm heart....that must make us some of the most loving people around. I also joined the cold foot club after surgery, sometimes my feet are actually cold and sometimes I only believe they are. My left foot likes to turn colours, but I'm getting pretty used to it, I know the circulation is poor in that leg. It actually started before the surgery, after I broke my ankle but that is another story altogether. I'm keeping an eye on the rainbow leg and adopting a wait and see attitude hoping that it will improve eventually. For now I am very rarely without socks and slippers.