Tightening of Chest and Stiff Neck

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Health question from an Undergrad...maybe someone can help...

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I'm not a year out. Will be in January, but I have a

question that can't wait until January because I'm

suffering now. Is it possible you can submit this to

the group for help. Thanks!

The Question Is:

For those of you who live in cold weather climates, do

you start getting a tightness in the chest (as though

you have a chest cold) and a stiff neck once the

weather drops below a certain temperature? I was OK

until the temperature dropped below 50 degrees. Once

it did that, my chest tightened up and my neck started

getting stiff. I thought I was catching a cold so I

did all of the cold remedies but nothing changed until

the weather warmed up again (which was 2 weeks later).

Once the weather warmed up I was fine. It was as

though it cleared up overnight. Unfortunately, the

temperature is staying below 50 degrees on a daily

basis and I'm starting to experince the same thing

again. This is my 1st winter out from surgery so I'm

curious if this has happended to others or they may be

something else going on. I do have a call into my

doc. HELP!!!

Thanks in advance

Sheila White

Open RNY 1/28/03

237/144/wherever my body stops