I have a really weird question...

[Bikini Mod]

Where are you are measuring your temperature?

Oral, tympanic or rectal?

If it is anytime during or after exercise, it has to be rectal.

W6

Hhhhhhhmmmmm.... sounds kinky. heheheee

But seriously, what prompted your doc to ask you to take your body temps several times a day, especially around the time that you train?

 

[juli_jewels]

Hhhhhhhmmmmm.... sounds kinky. heheheee

But seriously, what prompted your doc to ask you to take your body temps several times a day, especially around the time that you train?

He did not ask me to specifically monitor it when I exercise. Just to check it when I wake up, right before I eat breakfast, 20 minutes after breakfast...etc through out the day and then also before I exercise, during and directly after. He asked this because I am showing all signs of hypothyroid and from what I read and understand a lowered body temp. is one of the signs they look for. I just wondered if anyone else had ever noticed or experienced such a drop in body temp. during/after working out.

 

[dieslgrl]

why didn't he just take a blood sample?


dg

 

[wilson6]

Your doc needs to do bloodwork to confirm.

I've checked my temp orally following a workout and it is lower than normal or preworkout. We never use oral temps in the labs during exercise experiments, always rectal or esophageal. Too many variables in the mouth (i.e., breathing will cool the mouth, changes in blood flow, consumption of fluids, etc.).

and there's nothing kinky about rectal probes during exercise.

W6

 

[MS]

How do you use a rectal probe on a bicycle ergometer??

 

[juli_jewels]

They didnt just take a blood sample because its not always an indicator as it was explained to me....simple as that.