This morning I left my house and it was about 38. When I got down the hill, the temp was 32! Anyway I was only going to do about a 12 mi ride so on I went. I had on full-fingered gloves. I wasn't cold anywhere except my hands. They started hurting like mad and yet they were numb. My turn-around point is a convenience store. By the time I got there, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to use my brakes. I couldn't tell if I was using the correct lever to shift! I did get stopped and went inside with my painful hands and tried to let them slowly warm up.

After a few minutes I went to the bathroom to run some warm water on them. It helped, but as I left the bathroom I became terribly nauseated. I broke out in a cold sweat and sat down in a chair for about 10 minutes. I was thinking I was suddenly coming down with some sort of virus. I considered calling my husband to come get me. After a few minutes I felt OK. I jumped back on my bike & pedalled as hard as I could back home. My hands didn't get very cold on the way back. And I felt OK.

My question is----could my extremely cold, hurting hands have made me feel nauseous? Has anyone else had this experience? I'm almost 60--could that have anything to do with it? D*mn it's tough getting older.......