Just got back from the doctors...

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: Codewiz
what symptoms made you go to the doctor and get checked out?

OK so here is the story:


A year ago I started working out heavily with a personal trainer lifting weights. No major problems. Lost a lot of weight and got in shape.

2.5 weeks ago I went to the hospital after working out with high blood pressure. They almost sent me home but realized I had elevated CPK. They diagnosed me with rhabdomyolysis (which, according to wikipedia, is a myopathy). After flushing me with fluids, they sent me home saying that my CPK levels would drop (which they did over a period of a week). So obviously, the elevated CPK (which is an enzyme released when your muscles break down) was due to me working out too hard and not hydrating myself enough.

Fast forward to two weeks ago today. I woke up Wednesday morning after being home from the hospital a few days with really achey muscles. Went to the doctors who said it was just that my muscles had broken down and needed time to build back up.

Fast forward to today. Muscles weren't feeling any better. Got the EMG done. See attached results. Doctor says the changes are "only minor" and although the results are abnormal, its too early to tell what could be causing it, if anything.

I'm thinking that the elevated CPK could SOMEHOW have something to do with this, and now that the CPK has come down, hopefully the muscles would get back in shape. I'm praying that's the issue at hand. Especially since the nervous system is OK (Hence why the issue is not neuropathically related). The main fear right now is a dystrophy.

-Matt

Wait, where you the OP who had the "paranoid" thread about the phys and muscle breakdown?

Damn dude, I'll be prayin for ya...

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Needle EMG examination was performed with a monopolar disposable needle electrode on select muscles listed in the EMG scoring table above. This study reveals signs of electrical instability as outlined along with myopathic features in the form of increased polyphasia."

Did you check your ground? Maybe try a grounding kit.

 

[mrrman]

has to do with the loss of eyesight

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
<Funboy42> Sezure time! OH OH OH! OH OH OH! Sezure time! </Funboy42>

you are cold as ice misterjackson...

 

[RbSX]

pity post

 

[Goosemaster]

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: h8red
are you on any cholesterol lowering medicines by chance?

Yeah, this is a good question.

To the OP: Sorry to hear about it. Hopefully it is just a temporary condition.

 

[UncleWai]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
<Funboy42> Sezure time! OH OH OH! OH OH OH! Sezure time! </Funboy42>

you are cold as ice misterjackson...

he so cold he's gotta be measured in Kelvin!

 

[91TTZ]

Did you check your testosterone? If it lowered you'll lose muscle.

Something like that happens to guys who use steroids. Their body can hold that much muscle with the high T level, but when you quit, your body can no longer hold that much muscle.

 

[manlymatt83]

update

 

[newParadigm]

Hope it all works out, sorry to hear.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: UncleWai

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
<Funboy42> Sezure time! OH OH OH! OH OH OH! Sezure time! </Funboy42>

you are cold as ice misterjackson...

he so cold he's gotta be measured in Kelvin!

Dayum! Now THAT'S cold

 

[Cal166]

Note to self: drink lots of water when working out.

Hope everything works out for you man.

 

[SagaLore]

Lay off the sodium, take more potassium and calcium.