back in july, I contracted cellulitis in both calves, which moved down to both feet/ankles.
I didn't realize it was cellulitis until a week later when I googled my symptoms.
woke up one morning freezing cold and shanking/shivering uncontrollably.. gf was concerned. I was irritated that I couldn't stop this "mini-seizure" thing.
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take my temp, it's 102.4 and I take a Tylenol and it drops to 98.something...
(oh, btw, the entire week prior, when I had the cellulitis, I was POURING sweat all day long.. while training clients, while ringing people up at the desk, etc.. sweat was just pouring off my nose and eye-brows. I'd attributed it to taking double-doses of pre-workout. since I was still training although my heel's/ankles were the same size as my calves. lol)
then, my temp goes to 103.6 and we decide to go to urgent care (using my fucking Obamacare! lol)
first urgent care couldn't verify my insurance/PPO.. next urgent care does't verify insurance, but the doctor lady is rude as fuck, tells me I'm going to die if I don't go to the ER THAT NIGHT since I probably have sepsis.
when I get to the ER, my temp was 104.7 and I'm pouring sweat, my resting heart rate was 130-140, blood pressure was 112 or 115 over 56 or 65, and I wait there from 2am till 930am and when I see the doctor, she says they need to admit me for 1-3, maybe 5 days.. I said fuck no, I have responsibilities such as clients & closing the gym the next day, etc... PLUS, we're leaving the country in a week or so for vacation and I gotta get ready.
well, the dr and my gf (also a med student who attends school and works at that hospital), convince me to stay after hearing the options of cutting dead tissue/muscle/bone out of my feet and ankles in a week when I came back, or I'd just have multiple organ failure including bacteria on my heart valves, etc...
long story short, I stay for 3 nights, 4 days, getting iv infusions of 3 different antibiotics 30mins each, every 6 hours.
when I first checked in, my white cell count was 13, next day it was 19 or 21 (I forget), last day/night I was there it dropped to 11.
NOW.... I've been OUT of the hospital about 8 days now, and have been on 450mg Clindamycin 3x/day, and my feet/ankles are way down in size, but I'm still getting recurrent fevers and I've been pouring sweat off and on, like yesterday I wake up at 6am and I'm laying in a puddle of water on my bed. literally looked as if somebody poured a gallon was water on the bed, even my gf's shirt was soaked in the back. my gf, btw, stayed by my side the entire time I was in the hospital, sleeping either in the bed with me or sleeping in a chair next to my bed, and talked some sense into me when I wanted to check out against medical advice after hearing "you'll probably die" about 8 times.
I never really felt "sick", but we're leaving the country in a couple days and I'm wondering if the recurrent fevers are a "normal" thing with sepsis.
