I once read somewhere that there is no such thing as cold, just an absence of heat. But I’m starting to think my body temperature proves that saying wrong. I swear I generate cold, like most people generate heat.
Ever step into a too-hot bathtub, and your skin erupts into this seering cold burning? I don’t have quite the right words to describe it, but maybe you’ll recognize what I mean. Well, that’s how I feel almost everytime I get into a bathtub. My mother tells me I shouldn’t take such hot baths, but that’s the only way I can thaw myself out.
I checked with a doctor, and he said since my skin is nice and pink, that I’m not anemic. I keep the air conditioner off well into the summer, which drives my friends nuts, but that’s the only way I can walk around in my house without wrapping up in heavy blankets (yes, in the middle of July).
So what’s up? Why am I so cold? Do I have some mystery ailment, if I’m not anemic?