Back Surgery People....

[eddiebravo]

well, your story is still consistent with the idea that the anesthesia somehow alters your body's temperature control mechanism. yours just got screwed up in the opposite direction...

 

[AreaCode7O7]

I had a c1/c2 fusion. I've gotten less tolerant of cold but I attribute it to living in Seattle too long, don't think it's really related to the surgery.

 

[Savij]

If you want a serious answer, then it's most likely because the deep incisions cut through a lot of nerve pathways. This can lead to weird sensitivity issues as your body reattaches nerve endings and figures them out all over again.

 

[Auggie]

Savij, that's a possibility, but not automatically the case. And unless they did nerve rejoining, they almost never sever through nerves.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I've had bad discs (three of them) in my spine for a while now. I have not had surgery. I read this thread earlier today, and was thinking about this as I am cooking some scrumptious quesidillas... not sure why I was thinking about it.

Anyway, I am 31, I used to be the type of person who could go outside in winter (I live in Wisconsin... brrr!) with just pants and a t-shirt on to take the dog out or get the mail, etc. Now when I take the dog out I typically put on shoes (I used to wear sandles, even bare feet were no problem) put on a winter jacket and a hat before I venture outside these days. If I do go outside without bundling up, when I come back in I usually have to grab a blanket and sit under it in a ball on the couch for a while to get back to feeling warm/normal.

I never had these problems before, I don't know that it was my back that's caused this, but I do know just a few years ago cold wouldn't bother me. Fast forward a few years from then, I've had this bad back for 2+ years, and have similar cold issues as others have described.

The only things that I can think of is that it's just a coincidence, I am getting older. Or, maybe it's possible that the signals my brain gets from some part of my body are just a bit off from some possible nerve damage from my compressed discs? I assume there is an area in the brain that regulates and 'feels' temps... I don't know, just guessing. Maybe the signals it gets from parts of my body aren't 100% 'intact' so to say or something. Just a guess.