Re: Re: RA, my Symptoms and the Hospital

[Guest guest]

Well friends I have done it again! Thursday AM while at home, I

started having severe chills (4 blankets, & no AC in FL and still

freezing). My daughter took my temperature registered at 105 and I had

the ambulance called stat. When I got to the ER, I still had the same

sypmtoms at the hospital along with a wihte count of 14,000. Within 2

hours my heart rate plummeted to 80 and I had won a free trip to the

ICU as their fears were that I was going to have cardiac arrest. With

a bolous of saline and some Vancomycin, things seemed to settled down a

bit. I wss sent home yesterday with a normal temp, somewhat normal BP

and no idea as to what had happened!!!!!!!!I am soooooooo scared, I

can't sleep, can't eat. The MD's possible thoughts are a possible UTI

(culture never grew), possible change in my RA status (whatever that

means) or the BEST one, I had some of the signs

and symptoms of a PE). I told the hospitalist that I was on Coumadin

and they had put a fiilter in about 2 months ago. Bottom line is that

they have NO idea what happened to me and that it probably WILL happen

again without any warning!!!

I think this has got to be about the worse run inn with the medical

field to date. I still have some SOB and some other symptoms left, but

nothing to really keep me inpatient.

Any thoughts, similiar episodes and just anything that would point me

in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Every time

something happens, I seem to think nothing can top this......WRONG!

Thanks dear firends for at least reading about me.

Dear friends you are never far my thoughts and prayers even though I

can't post as often as I wish.

Gentle, tender, angel hugs from HOT, HOT

FL............................................to all of you!

Debs in So FL

[Guest guest]

Debs, I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope very much that it doesn't happen again.

Not an MD

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:45 AM, <BadKneesDebs@...> wrote:

>

> Well friends I have done it again!  Thursday AM while at home, I

> started having severe chills (4 blankets, & no AC in FL and still

> freezing).  My daughter took my temperature registered at 105 and I had

> the ambulance called stat.  When I got to the ER, I still had the same

> sypmtoms at the hospital along with a wihte count of 14,000.  Within 2

> hours my heart rate plummeted to 80 and I had won a free trip to the

> ICU as their fears were that I was going to have cardiac arrest.  With

> a bolous of saline and some Vancomycin, things seemed to settled down a

> bit.  I wss sent home yesterday with a normal temp, somewhat normal BP

> and no idea as to what had happened!!!!!!!!I am soooooooo scared,  I

> can't sleep, can't eat.   The MD's possible thoughts are a possible UTI

> (culture never grew), possible change in my RA status (whatever that

> means) or the BEST one, I had some of the signs

> and symptoms of a PE).  I told the hospitalist that I was on Coumadin

> and they had put a fiilter in about 2 months ago.  Bottom line is that

> they have NO idea what happened to me and that it probably WILL happen

> again without any warning!!!

>

> I think this has got to  be about the worse run inn with the medical

> field to date.  I still have some SOB and some other symptoms left, but

> nothing to really keep me inpatient.

>

> Any thoughts, similiar episodes and just anything that would point me

> in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.  Every time

> something happens, I seem to think nothing can top this......WRONG!

>

> Thanks dear firends for at least reading about me.

>

> Dear friends you are never far my thoughts and prayers even though I

> can't post as often as I wish.

>

> Gentle, tender, angel hugs from HOT, HOT

> FL............................................to all of you!

>

>

> Debs in So FL

[Guest guest]

Thanks , do you have any idea what this episode could have

possibly have beenl Due tp my sensitive GI tract, they have taken me

off of all medications except Prednisone (1 mg/day) and Placquenil. I

am not taking any anti inflammatories and none of the " new designer "

drugs.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

As always...................................

Debs

Re: [ ] Re: RA, my Symptoms and the Hospital

Debs, I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope very much that it doesn't

happen again.

Not an MD

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:45 AM, <BadKneesDebs@...> wrote:

>

> Well friends I have done it again!  Thursday AM while at home, I

> started having severe chills (4 blankets, & no AC in FL and still

> freezing).  My daughter took my temperature registered at 105 and I

had

> the ambulance called stat.  When I got to the ER, I still had the same

> sypmtoms at the hospital along with a wihte count of 14,000.  Within 2

> hours my heart rate plummeted to 80 and I had won a free trip to the

> ICU as their fears were that I was going to have cardiac arrest.  With

> a bolous of saline and some Vancomycin, things seemed to settled down

a

> bit.  I wss sent h

ome yesterday with a normal temp, somewhat normal BP

> and no idea as to what had happened!!!!!!!!I am soooooooo scared,  I

> can't sleep, can't eat.   The MD's possible thoughts are a possible

UTI

> (culture never grew), possible change in my RA status (whatever that

> means) or the BEST one, I had some of the signs

> and symptoms of a PE).  I told the hospitalist that I was on Coumadin

> and they had put a fiilter in about 2 months ago.  Bottom line is that

> they have NO idea what happened to me and that it probably WILL happen

> again without any warning!!!

>

> I think this has got to  be about the worse run inn with the medical

> field to date.  I still have some SOB and some other symptoms left,

but

> nothing to really keep me inpatient.

>

> Any thoughts, similiar episodes and just anything that would point me

> in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.  Every time

> something happens, I seem to think nothing can top this......WRONG!

>

> Thanks dear firends for at least reading about me.

>

> Dear friends you are never far my thoughts and prayers even though I

> can't post as often as I wish.

>

> Gentle, tender, angel hugs from HOT, HOT

> FL............................................to all of you!

>

>

> Debs in So FL

[Guest guest]

I really don't know could have happened, Debs. I wish I did.

Not an MD

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:11 AM, <BadKneesDebs@...> wrote:

> Thanks ,  do you have any idea what this episode could have

> possibly have beenl  Due tp my sensitive GI tract, they have taken me

> off of all medications except Prednisone (1 mg/day) and Placquenil.   I

> am not taking any anti inflammatories and none of the " new designer "

> drugs.

>

> Any thoughts would be appreciated.

>

> As always...................................

>

>

> Debs