my mom is from the generation that believes in a pill for every ill. The doctor can only do as well as you communicate to him. It took several years for my mother's cardiologist to get her blood pressure cocktail correct. Once there, it did a world of good. But not every drug works the same for everybody - everybody does not react the same.

We have dreary weather today. I checked the hourly and decided not to haul my bike into the office for a hookie ride because of the 13 mph NNW.
But most of the winter we will have 60-degree weather. On clear days, often start at 40 and end at 80.
I bike in layers in the winter, and every bike has a place to put them (and swap for shorty socks) as the day warms.