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I agree Amie, It is worth a try. I just cut my hair rather short. It is a lot shorter than the photo on my site. So I need to get a new pic up don’t I? I am going to give it another try and take a look at some hats that I might be able to wear. As I stated before I hate hats. But who knows I may find a new love in the fashion world. I love how others look in hats. But me I look stupid or something. My favorite hat wearer was Princess Diana. Boy didn’t she make any hat look elegant. Love Sherry
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Do you find that a hat helps? I’m not usually a good hat wearer but I am considering trying to wear something warm but unobtrusive most of the time this winter. Will also cover the yucky sight of my hair growing out after a very short, summer buzz job! Amie
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Amie, Yes! I wear a hat almost all of the time in the winter….helps me a lot. I’m hoping they’ll come back in style with a vengeance! Now if we could just convince Pierre Cardin that gloves year round is a good idea…. Jacquie
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They do say we lose 70 percent of our body heat through the top of our head. So a hat may help. I hate hats myself. I feel like a cowgirl. Ok everyone no funny tennessee jokes. haha. Love ya Sherry Messick Surviving Scleroderma http://ps.superb.net/smessick/survive
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>Yes! I wear a hat almost all of the time in the winter….helps me a >lot. I’m hoping they’ll come back in style with a vengeance! Now if we >could just convince Pierre Cardin that gloves year round is a good idea….
What kind of hat do you wear? Wool? Felt? Shaped, or a stretchy thing? Over the ears or just for the top of the head? I have a bunch of berets. Think that would be enough? Amie
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>What kind of hat do you wear? Wool? Felt? Shaped, or a stretchy thing? >Over the ears or just for the top of the head? I have a bunch of berets. >Think that would be enough? >Amie
It really depends…I can’t totally sacrifice style 
Ha! If there’s a wind though…I do my best to cover my ears either with a scarf or a hat that pulls down. I have a ton and wear all different kinds….Knit or wool seem to work best in the winter. Jacquie
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On 27 Sep 1997 12:16:53 GMT, ayau…@aol.com (Ayaussy) wrote: >In article <19970926213001.RAA21…@ladder01.news.aol.com>, >toujour…@aol.com (Toujours00) writes: >> It really depends…I can’t totally sacrifice style Ha! If there’s >>a wind though…I do my best to cover my ears either with a scarf or a hat >>that pulls down. I have a ton and wear all different kinds….Knit or wool >>seem to work best in the winter. >You have made my day, literally. The hubby’s working today and I couldn’t >quite decide exactly what to do with myself, but I believe I’ll go hat >shopping! I’ll just have to try them all, non? >Amie
Joining the thread late… Hats are definitely good (I live in Wisconsin which tends to get a wee bit chilly in the winter…). I still find that no matter what I do I end up getting somewhere and my hands are totally blanched. What do you guys do to restore circulation? I find that running my hands under warm water is quite effective and I frequently use the "windmill" technique, swinging my arms in a rapid circle (although I look like a complete idiot doing this…). Also, one medications note. I don’t know what you have tried for medications for the Raynaud’s. I started with Procardia which helped but made my heartburn worse. For the past several years I have used Yohimbine which appears to be as effective as the Procardia and has no side effects that I have noticed. Ed ehar…@synnovation.com —————————————————————– Ed Harris ehar…@synnovation.com If found listless or depressed, administer chocolate immediately! —————————————————————–
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In article <19970926213001.RAA21…@ladder01.news.aol.com>, toujour…@aol.com (Toujours00) writes: > It really depends…I can’t totally sacrifice style Ha! If there’s >a wind though…I do my best to cover my ears either with a scarf or a hat >that pulls down. I have a ton and wear all different kinds….Knit or wool >seem to work best in the winter.
You have made my day, literally. The hubby’s working today and I couldn’t quite decide exactly what to do with myself, but I believe I’ll go hat shopping! I’ll just have to try them all, non? Amie
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I’m like you I hate the bulky feeling of wearing so much garbage in the winter. The hot hands are a lot better than those battery powered things. Also I found that using the grabber heater things that were at the conference and placing those in a less bulky pair of gloves are easier to manipulate with then the bulky ones. I have a terrible time in the winter with raynauds and really would love to hear all of your ideas and tips. Sherry Messick Surviving Scleroderma http://ps.superb.net/smessick/survive
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