why am I still nervous about that temperature thing from yesterday :/

hug

spooki li : /hugs/

because your brain <3

I just wish I knew if it was normal for your temp to do that or if it's a thing I need to worry about and bring up to doctor.

Lucy : <3

Google is NO HELP

Let's put it this way. I have to take my temperature every day before I go in to work. I have two thermometers. One work gave me and one is mine. The work one registers in about 10 seconds. I often take it three times in a row because I think it reads low. I get three different readings each time, usually within half a degree or so of each other, but up to

a degree different from highest to lowest. Then I tak my temperature with the other one and it tends to read up to a degree higher. There are so many factors as to why it shifts around. I wouldn't worry.

Mostly I was freaked out because it kept reading from 99.4-99.7, but my ear one was reading 97.5

this was after napping

well, sleeping, but at 2 hours that's hardly sleep levels

Naps are different from deep sleep.

like, my intention was sleeping early, but I woke up before dreams hit

it's totally fine, there's no need to be worried unless it's a true fever and you feel sick

I wouldn't worry unless it gets up higher or you feel crummy.

I do feel crummy, but I mean. Cancer stuff, so.

It hasn't hit 100.5 though so

Unusually crummy, though. Stress can also make yo run a bit higher.

it's almost certainly not an infection if it's just a little bit off

ok

I prob wouldn't have freaked out as much if it hadn't taken so long to go down and stay down, but I think stress/anxiety can cause that?

idk what chemo side effects can do but unless it's something super new for you, it's probably within the realm of normal

I haven't had chemo since october.

Well, that bouncing between temps was newish, though I think it's happened before. Unsure, though.

I have to take my temp for work each day and I have been at 99 without feeling crummy even. were you under blankets for your nap? I'm frequently warmer after a nap

I was under one blanket yeah

you are always warmer after sleeping or at least I am

Thanks guys

google was NO help, being all "no, your body temperature lowers when you're asleeeeeeeeep"

mine goes up

/hug

plus, I've had some stomach pain bc of cancer stuff, and that plus this makes me go "BUT WHAT IF BAD"

Your basal body temp tends to be lower in the morning when you wake up after a night's sleep. Not just a nap.

ohh