Can I walk home barefoot?

This in-between spring and winter weather is killing me. 31 in the morning means hats, scarves and heavy coats. It also means I pick a sweater that was only 3/4 sleeve, but that would turn to be 3/4 way to many. After lunch I was on one of my floors that I cover and had just gone in to see a patient. I was sitting in a computer area writing my note when I could feel my cheeks turning red. I asked the case manager and the nurses sitting near by if it was hot on the floor. They told me it was not. I fanned myself with my consult while I hurriedly wrote my note and ran down to my office to remove my lab coat and drink some ice cold water. The removal of the polyester lab coat helped quell the fire for a little while. I wrapped up my work for the day and then put my coat, scarf (oooh big mistake) and hat and got on the bus ride home.

The bus ride home started benignly. I was reading my Kindle Fire and the woman sitting across from me opened a window saying it was too hot in the bus. It seemed fine to me, but in about 3 minutes I would want to hug this woman (this woman then proceeded to yell at the young girl who shut it "I'm really hot! You cannot shut the window". There were 30 people on this bus). As the bus turned the corner for Arlington, meaning 2/3 of the way through the trip, I had a full on hot flash. From my head to the bottom of my feet. Holy crap my feet! I was so hot I thought I was going to throw up on the man sitting next to me. I also was pretty sure that the scarf wrapped around my neck must have turned to ash. When I made it off the bus and off the subway what I really wanted to do was walk home without my shoes and socks on.

I immediately called the one woman who we used to torture because she kept our house at 58 degrees, my mother. When she picked up the phone I started singing this:

I walked home with coat half off and scarf and hat in hand. Once I cooled off I became friggity freezing. Now I can't get warm. Fleece pajamas, warm blanket, fleece socks. I even broke down and turned the heat back on.

Fun times with endocrine system!

I should have known this was on the way. Tuesday I had my yearly physical and while chatting with the physician and wearing a johnnie I got really hot and sweaty why telling her that I really hadn't had any side effects from the tamoxifen. I hadn't noticed that I was fanning myself with a copy of my current medications when she looked at me and said "Are you sure you have had none?". Well maybe I am running a little warm these days.