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[Akka Homestead <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>]

I normally run low grade fevers.  My normal temp is 96.8, not 98.6.  If my 
fever is 101, I am VERY sick.  101 for me is like 103 for most people..
Thursday, I felt fine, better than fine even.   I went to bed Thursday night 
as usual.  In the middle of the night, I started shaking, but convulsing 
would probably describe it better.  I have been hypothermic in my life, and I 
swear I did not shake as violently as I did Thursday night.  I pulled muscles 
in my back and both arms, and today I feel like I've been hit by a truck.  
The shaking episode lasted about 2 hours.  I got up around 7 feeling really 
sick..head pounding, dizzy, mostly fever type symptoms, so I went back to 
bed.  It was a real struggle to set myself up with ice water..I knew I was 
dehydrated because my tongue was literally glued to my palate.   I woke up 
around 9 and realized that I must have a fever, so I took it.  103.7!!!  
Holy crap!  I was actually scared, but felt so bad that the only thing I did 
was to sit up and drink some water.  My muscles hurt so badly that it was 
difficult to sit up, let alone go to the bathroom.  Aspirin brought the fever 
down to around 101, and for most of the day my fever stayed between 100.5 and 
101.8, as long as I took aspirin and kept drinking. I drank over 1.5 gallons 
of water.  Mostly, I napped all day, getting up only to refill the water and 
to go to the bathroom.  Last night, I started to get better.  I convinced DH 
to put some Bengay on my back and arms and within about 45 minutes, my fever 
broke.. When that happened, I felt well enough to drink some chicken broth 
and gatorade, but that was it.  Last night was uneventful, normal night with 
normal wakeups...and this morning, while I am still weak, I feel pretty good. 
 No fever.  
I've heard of fevers of unknown origin.  I guess I just had one.  Strange.  I 
lost almost 10 pounds in the ordeal, so perhaps I should have fevers like 
this more often? <g>
I'm good now, though.  Anyone else had anything like this recently?  Is there 
some bug going around?  

Akka





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Akka, if you ever have the equivalent of an 105* temp again, you should get 
someone to take you to a clinic of some sort, right away.  

What you are describing
could be anything from toxic shock to the side affect of a variety of 
anti-depressants or other psychotropic meds.  A GP or an NP can proably still 
take labs to find out the cause (if you can find a clinic open on Sat) and 
possibly prevent a reoccurence.  Sometimes it pays to spend the money to go 
to a professional.  

I realize everyone on this list (except for me) is tough as nails, but, at 
105* temp yo are talking inflammation of membrane
 that you do not want inflamed....bobford


--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Akka Homestead <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Akka Homestead <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Fevers of Unknown Origin
> To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 10:38 AM
> I normally run low grade fevers.  My normal temp is 96.8,
> not 98.6.  If my fever is 101, I am VERY sick.  101 for me
> is like 103 for most people..
> Thursday, I felt fine, better than fine even.   I went to
> bed Thursday night as usual.  In the middle of the night, I
> started shaking, but convulsing would probably describe it
> better.  I have been hypothermic in my life, and I swear I
> did not shake as violently as I did Thursday night.  I
> pulled muscles in my back and both arms, and today I feel
> like I've been hit by a truck.  The shaking episode
> lasted about 2 hours.  I got up around 7 feeling really
> sick..head pounding, dizzy, mostly fever type symptoms, so I
> went back to bed.  It was a real struggle to set myself up
> with ice water..I knew I was dehydrated because my tongue
> was literally glued to my palate.   I woke up around 9 and
> realized that I must have a fever, so I took it. 
> 103.7!!!  
> Holy crap!  I was actually scared, but felt so bad that
> the only thing I did was to sit up and drink some water. 
> My muscles hurt so badly that it was difficult to sit up,
> let alone go to the bathroom.  Aspirin brought the fever
> down to around 101, and for most of the day my fever stayed
> between 100.5 and 101.8, as long as I took aspirin and kept
> drinking. I drank over 1.5 gallons of water.  Mostly, I
> napped all day, getting up only to refill the water and to
> go to the bathroom.  Last night, I started to get better. 
> I convinced DH to put some Bengay on my back and arms and
> within about 45 minutes, my fever broke.. When that
> happened, I felt well enough to drink some chicken broth and
> gatorade, but that was it.  Last night was uneventful,
> normal night with normal wakeups...and this morning, while I
> am still weak, I feel pretty good.  No fever.  
> I've heard of fevers of unknown origin.  I guess I
> just had one.  Strange.  I lost almost 10 pounds in the
> ordeal, so perhaps I should have fevers like this more
> often? <g>
> I'm good now, though.  Anyone else had anything like
> this recently?  Is there some bug going around?  
> 
> Akka
> 
> 
> 
> 
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