low body temp

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I was never feverish unless I was dying. My mother could tell I was

sick by looking at my eyes; she would tell my doctor that they

were " glassy " when I was really ill.

I started seeing a doctor for adults when I was 10 or 11 because the

pediatrician kept insisting I was a faker.

Now, normally, I was a very active, athletically inclined kid. I

still have relatively good muscle tone for my age. So does my dad.

Its in my dna. However, something else must be in my DNA because I

suffered from periodic sore throat, headache, and " malaise " which is

a fancy word for fatigue that docs use. I would literally " crash " and

had to take to my bed for a couple of days. As i've aged this has

increased. I have run a fever when: I've had a ruptured appendix

and when my youngest was laying on one of my ureters in late

pregnancy and blocked a kidney from functioning. I've had pneuomonia

several times and had mononucleosis WITHOUT FEVER. Why? Because

98.6 is a fever for me!