YOUR THERMOSTAT IS BROKEN

Have you ever had a room temperature control tug-of-war with someone?  I’ve had some very heated ones throughout my lifetime.

In the 80’s I had a window war with a co-worker. She would constantly open the window in our office; it didn’t matter if the temp was 10 or 100 degrees outside. Drove me crazy, she would open, I would close, she would open, and I would close…Oh how I welcomed her days off.

In the 90’s I had a temperature tiff with the company’s maintenance man, who kept our office thermostat at “frozen tundra.”  It’s hard to be productive with mittens and a ski mask.  When he wasn’t around, I would use my lock picking tools (bobby pin in my hair) adjusting the temp to normal human-like conditions.

In the 2000’s I battled with my Ford Focus, nearly tearing it apart trying to figure out how to add Freon, so that I could arrive at my destinations not looking and smelling like a zoo animal. When your TSH levels are on the hyper side, the heat you can experience is like no other.

Today My husband and I are in the middle of a ceiling fan fracas, which is just like the window war, but the “on and off” interchange is sometimes done unconsciously. Even when I’m asleep, my body is fighting to feel comfortable.

 

Throughout my life, I think those body temperature issues and the tenacity to feel comfy, was an indication of the thyroid disease which was unknown to me at the time. I had no idea until I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease that the thyroid plays such an important role in body temperature.

Others don’t understand what it is like to have your internal thermostat broken. Under extreme conditions, climate control is of the essence, it is hard to concentrate on anything else at that point.  Right now, in most parts of the world you are heading into seasonal weather change, I hope my fellow battle-tested thyroidians win the fight for comfort.

 Crazy Thyroid Lady

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It’s been so hot…how do I deal with the dog days of summer?

Barking with a vengeance, while my thyroid walks to the beat of a different drummer.

How do I cope with these record highs?

Fearing what will spark between my thighs.

With a wonky internal thermostat this situation is NOT ideal.

I take articles of clothing off, but there is nothing left to peel.

I will be a trooper and endure this if I must.

Even though, with each passing hour, minute, second…I may spontaneously combust.



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TOO COLD OR TOO HOT

Global warming-will we ever resolve this debate? Will one side say to the other, “Hmmmm maybe you are right.” Or will it go on and on for more decades, perhaps centuries?

Before this worldly debate fueled by temperature was another taking place on a much smaller scale, primarily happening at work establishments offering inadequate heating and cooling.

This discussion starts with a co-worker’s complaints about the office temperature and then BAM-here comes the question leading up to the debate: Would you prefer to be too hot or too cold?

The popularity of this dispute (especially for those who live in erratic weather climates) is in the same league as “the chicken/egg argument OR nature vs. nurture”.

Each party trying to convince the other, that one is better than the other and this clash can sometime become heated (Sorry, I could not resist)

This debate can occasionally turn into a severe power struggle resulting in that little ol’ tiny thermostat getting placed on 24-hour maximum security lockdown with armed guards and a pit bull…AKA-“Management”.

Here are the basic points to this insignificant debate:

Cold–It is much better to be too cold because you can always add layers…extra sweaters, gloves, etc…

Hot-It is better to be too hot because then you can take layers off.

So ridiculous and the disagreement is probably a moot one because thyroid cancer, autoimmune thyroid diseases and postpartum thyroiditis is becoming more and more prevalent worldwide. So chances are, you are arguing with a thyroid sufferer…if that is the case than it is a relative issue. Before I was aware of the popularity of thyroid disease, those who would try to debate this with me, would usually receive the cold shoulder (OK I’ll stop)

The thyroid, among other things, controls your body’s internal thermostat. Those with thyroid disorders are either going to be hyper or hypo. Hyperthyroid folks are the hot ones and hypothyroid folks are the cold ones.

When I say hot, I mean, you are fearful that…at any moment, you will spontaneously combust. Now that is hot!

Cold, to a thyroid sufferer means you feel like your skeletal system is made of icicles. When you are freezing to the bone like this…honey there aren’t enough layers in the world. This cold is painful!

And some reports say there are roughly 300 million of us WORLDWIDE who have been diagnosed, and probably millions more who have not been, so this disagreement is futile, to say the least. If someone wants to battle it out with you on this subject just say “You are probably right.” Keeping workplace harmony is more important and being agreeable garners a (just one more) warm response.

Crazy Thyroid Lady

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