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Still in hospital, baffling the medical community.
For a few days before I went to the ER with chest pain, I had low temps (95-96), rigors for hours each evening, racing pulse, then climbing pulse to 102. That part would go on for about 3-5 hours, then it would break, the fever would drop, the racing pulse would drop - tho not subside to normal and I'd be ok for the rest of the day. For weeks now, I've had hot flushes multiple times a day - not the menopausal kind, the 'I have a fever' kind where I'd sweat through my clothes. Then they'd calm down. Day 3 of that extreme pain + symptoms led to chest pain, shortness of breath an angiogram and a stent. Problem solved, right?
Wrong, as it turns out. Still getting sweats and chills, EKGs have been normal the entire time, temps slightly raised, but that's about all. Rigors this morning, and blood pressure almost doubled in the space of an hour. Pain. Pain, pain, pain. Legs spasmed, arms spasmed, back, shoulders, chest - all spasmed. Shortness of breath, too tired to speak. Panting.
So the chief cardio and his cardio fellow came in today and happened to arrive in the middle of one of these daily episodes. He said he'd take my inflammatory markers and - BINGO! My C Reactive Protein is about 34 times higher than the highest safe reading. So now we're talking to infectious diseases, rheumatology, and GI.
And that's where we're up to. I'm exhausted, and I'm watching the clock, knowing this beast is going to raise its head some time in the next 12 hours. I'm utterly exhausted. And I've just had a stent. And my BP goes wild when these things hit. And the pain is unbearable.
And I just want to be with my husband above all things.
For a few days before I went to the ER with chest pain, I had low temps (95-96), rigors for hours each evening, racing pulse, then climbing pulse to 102. That part would go on for about 3-5 hours, then it would break, the fever would drop, the racing pulse would drop - tho not subside to normal and I'd be ok for the rest of the day. For weeks now, I've had hot flushes multiple times a day - not the menopausal kind, the 'I have a fever' kind where I'd sweat through my clothes. Then they'd calm down. Day 3 of that extreme pain + symptoms led to chest pain, shortness of breath an angiogram and a stent. Problem solved, right?
Wrong, as it turns out. Still getting sweats and chills, EKGs have been normal the entire time, temps slightly raised, but that's about all. Rigors this morning, and blood pressure almost doubled in the space of an hour. Pain. Pain, pain, pain. Legs spasmed, arms spasmed, back, shoulders, chest - all spasmed. Shortness of breath, too tired to speak. Panting.
So the chief cardio and his cardio fellow came in today and happened to arrive in the middle of one of these daily episodes. He said he'd take my inflammatory markers and - BINGO! My C Reactive Protein is about 34 times higher than the highest safe reading. So now we're talking to infectious diseases, rheumatology, and GI.
And that's where we're up to. I'm exhausted, and I'm watching the clock, knowing this beast is going to raise its head some time in the next 12 hours. I'm utterly exhausted. And I've just had a stent. And my BP goes wild when these things hit. And the pain is unbearable.
And I just want to be with my husband above all things.