I’d forgotten how ruddy painful they were.
Apparently only one in ten are affected by them, and I have been living chilblain free for years thanks to central heating. No more! The log fire just doesn’t cut the mustard. Even with the addition of a portable gas heater, Chez moi is struggling to reach ten degrees today. Also the French don’t seem to have heard of Deep Heat. The recommended cream from La Pharmacie is for chapped hands and has done nothing to tone down the burning. So I turn to the Internet for advice. What does it say? Keep warm! Thanks NHS direct, I’ll bear that in mind.
joursdemots 
Ooh, poor you. My Mum used to suffer horribly in the war years when there was never enough fuel to heat more than one room. My only advice would be to wrap up in many layers (b….r style) and to wear mittens over fingerless gloves and 2 pairs of walking boot socks about the house. Could you complain to the landlord about the lack of heating?
Hehe I could… But as I own the house, it’s likely to fall on deaf ears! When we renovated we didn’t bank on being here over a winter. The main problem is the cellar which is open to the air and covered with a concrete floor. Wonderfully cool in summer…
I grew up with central heating and only knew of chilblains through the Mandy and the Bunty. I never quite worked out what they were.
Feel better soon.
I’ve never lived in (let alone been in!) France, so I don’t even know if you could get anything from Amazon without having to pay an INSANE shipping cost, but that’s the first place I would look (www.amazon.com) I did manage to accidentally find their UK page the other day. Perhaps you could google it?