Topic: What the hell happened to me last night?

[AQB24712]

Okay, then, so...demonic possession?

[Eternally Learning]

Okay, then, so...demonic possession?

Shhhhh!!!  Don't you know that if you say the word "demon" that you're inviting one in your head?!

[AQB24712]

SHIT.

Mary Worth Mary Worth Mary Worth

[Eternally Learning]

SHIT.

Mary Worth Mary Worth Mary Worth

Phew!  That was close.  Now if Mary Worth starts inhabiting your body though, we'll need to call on Prince Valiant to get her out.  Let me know.

[kvuo75]

I think that's just saying that the patient's perception is that they are cold despite increased body temp.  The body would still be warmer though which should be noticeable to the touch.  My point was that my body temp didn't appear to be raised.  I also was pointing out that when I've had chills before, my body was so hot that I was sweating bullets.

everyone is advised to check their core temp and skin temp right now.

compare the two!


compare your skin temp at different locations even, with an IR themometer!. my left arm is 31c, my right is 27c (since i splashed it with water). both considerably cooler than my core temp (which I cannot check at the moment

my only point is your body wont feel warmer on the skin if you've been sweating. it should be considerably cooler than your core temp..

[Eternally Learning]

Well, I'm not claiming I didn't have a fever, just that I didn't appear to.  I wasn't sweating, my skin didn't feel hot, but did feel very cold.  Seeing as I didn't take my temp I won't know for sure but regardless, this was a very different experience.  Thanks for lending a hand though.  It's nice that some people care while others *cough* AQB *cough* were only interested in a sexy-time story.

[Johnny Slick]

BEETLEJUICE

[pandamonium]

BEETLEJUICE

possibly.

also, I'm sticking to my "your brain got confused" hypothesis. either it was an inappropriate response to a stimulus or it felt like an inappropriate response. I've had chills in response to food poisoning, where it didn't feel like I had a fever (I don't own a thermometer) but my body responded to the illness by inducing shivering. since shivering is recognized as a way the body attempts to raise the body's core temp, as it aids in fighting off infection (or so I've been led to believe), I've always assumed that's what my body was doing. it recognized foreign invaders, and triggered shivering in response in order to fight off the dirty foreigners.

eta: this says nothing about whether shivering is effective in all cases--it doesn't have to work against everything, just against enough things to be useful. and I'm sure whatever triggers shivering, it could definitely be falsely triggered.

[Desert Fox]

Ah man, I thought you woke up behind the wheel of an unknown sports car parked at the zoo, naked (save for the whipped cream), and with a grocery sack full of mysteriously damp bras and panties in the passenger seat.

And just then, a cop pulls up who is not amused "License and registration."