So, I just spent the last 3 days in the hospital and I wanted to share my experience to see if any of you have had a similar one.
I was at work Thursday night finishing up with my last client of the day. I started work at 5am and it was about 7:45pm when I was sitting at my desk and going over some paperwork with my client when I started to have what I thought was a heart attack. My heart felt like it was fluttering, not beating. It felt like there was a 100 pound weight on my chest and I was not able to breath. It scared the crap out of me and all I could think was I am about to pass out and die in front of a woman who is 5'2" tall and weighs 340 pounds, and I preach to her about health and fitness, and I am going to die right in front of her.
Well, I managed to finish up with her and I walked into the breakroom, I took a few minutes to gather myself and like a dumb ass, I drove home. The pain lasted about 15 minutes and by the time I got home, the shortness of breath and pressure got better. But my heart still was not beating right.
I have a blood pressure cuff at my house and when I took it, I was 180/85 with a heart rate of 123. So I called the hospital and they told me to go to the ER so I did. They gave me an EKG and took blood from me right away. They rushed me into the emergency room and hooked me up to a bunch of crap and the doctor came in and asked me if I had worked out that day. I luaghed and said "yeah". He told me that according to my blood work, one of the protein enzymes was elevated way above normal. He called my condition "Rhabdomyolysis" and the protien that was out of wack was "Creatine Kinase". I guess normal levels of the enzyme is between 200-300, and mine was just over 13,000. I told him I dont take creatine, and he explained that it had nothing to do with diet or supplements, I guess when your muscles are broken down, the enzyme goes up, I still dont understand it completely.
So needless to say, I was hooked up to an IV for the last 3 days trying to flush my system out. Thank goodness nothing is permenatly screwed up on me.
After talking to the doctor about the cause, I think it was a combination of several things. First of all, I was on an antibiotic for almost 5 months due to a chronic sinus infection, and I guess antibiotics cause the break down of muscle tissue and that will cause this. But I was also eating a low amount of carbs this week, and of course working out hard. All of it added up and caused my heart to spaz out.
They told me that this is comon with body builders, but I have never heard of it. Do any of you guys know anything about it?
I dont want to have it happen again, so I guess I need to start getting my blood work done on a regular basis.
I was at work Thursday night finishing up with my last client of the day. I started work at 5am and it was about 7:45pm when I was sitting at my desk and going over some paperwork with my client when I started to have what I thought was a heart attack. My heart felt like it was fluttering, not beating. It felt like there was a 100 pound weight on my chest and I was not able to breath. It scared the crap out of me and all I could think was I am about to pass out and die in front of a woman who is 5'2" tall and weighs 340 pounds, and I preach to her about health and fitness, and I am going to die right in front of her.
Well, I managed to finish up with her and I walked into the breakroom, I took a few minutes to gather myself and like a dumb ass, I drove home. The pain lasted about 15 minutes and by the time I got home, the shortness of breath and pressure got better. But my heart still was not beating right.
I have a blood pressure cuff at my house and when I took it, I was 180/85 with a heart rate of 123. So I called the hospital and they told me to go to the ER so I did. They gave me an EKG and took blood from me right away. They rushed me into the emergency room and hooked me up to a bunch of crap and the doctor came in and asked me if I had worked out that day. I luaghed and said "yeah". He told me that according to my blood work, one of the protein enzymes was elevated way above normal. He called my condition "Rhabdomyolysis" and the protien that was out of wack was "Creatine Kinase". I guess normal levels of the enzyme is between 200-300, and mine was just over 13,000. I told him I dont take creatine, and he explained that it had nothing to do with diet or supplements, I guess when your muscles are broken down, the enzyme goes up, I still dont understand it completely.
So needless to say, I was hooked up to an IV for the last 3 days trying to flush my system out. Thank goodness nothing is permenatly screwed up on me.
After talking to the doctor about the cause, I think it was a combination of several things. First of all, I was on an antibiotic for almost 5 months due to a chronic sinus infection, and I guess antibiotics cause the break down of muscle tissue and that will cause this. But I was also eating a low amount of carbs this week, and of course working out hard. All of it added up and caused my heart to spaz out.
They told me that this is comon with body builders, but I have never heard of it. Do any of you guys know anything about it?
I dont want to have it happen again, so I guess I need to start getting my blood work done on a regular basis.