I recently was admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis. I was released this afternoon and wanted to share a few thoughts with you all. If you haven’t read the first article about my diagnoses I suggest you start here first.
As stated above I have finally been released from the hospital. My arms are still sore and I’m in a bit of pain but the scary part is over. My kidneys and everything else were not affected by this. Thankfully (the doctors and I) were able to catch it and treat it in a timely matter. There will be no permanent damage done so that is a blessing.
The requirement for me to finally be discharged was to have my CK levels at a least 5,000. My blood test from this morning came back a little over 4,000. When I was admitted Tuesday night my CK levels were over 8,000. Today is now Thursday by the way.
My left arm is sore and hard to move from having two IV’s in it and being stuck so many times to draw blood from testing. My right arm is still swollen and tight due to the rhabdo.
My treatment for rhabdo was simply resting and being flushed with saline around the clock. This is to clean out my system as mentioned here. I will have to follow up with a kidney doctor next week to ensure my CK levels and body overall is still improving.
I can’t workout for at least 15–30 days per my doctors. After returning to working out I have to start extremely light. I’ve been lifting 20 lbs dumbbells and the doctor suggested I start with 5 lbs and slowly build it back up.
I would just like to emphasis on the fact that simply working out or working out incorrectly did not cause this happen. It just sadly happened. Here’s a video about Rhabdo occurs.
I will have to take a week off from life basically just to catch up on all my rest and keeping myself well hydrated. So if anyone has any shows you’d suggest I binge watch over the next week please comment them below. Let me know if you still have questions below as well.
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I won’t name the specific hospital I went to because I don’t believe in messing with people’s livelihoods but I do want to mention a few takeaways from this experience. I’m thankful for the care I received and to be better now than when I arrived.
However the overall experience at the hospital I received was subpar to say the least. I don’t know if my treat had anything to do with the fact that I’m young and not being taken seriously or because I’m a Black woman.
- It took me an entire day to receive my daily medication and I had to request it from every nurse despite the doctor already approving it for me.
- When asked multiple times why I was not receiving my routine medication no one would provide me with a straight logical answer. They simply didn’t know.
- Despite every doctor and nurse mentioning how painful rhabdo can be I wasn’t given any pain medication until the day after I was admitted. This was only after one of my parents called the hospital to speak to the staff. It’s amazing how quick things get handled when a “real adult” starts calling.
- A close friend of mine took me to the ER and stayed with me until I was released. I highly recommend having someone at the hospital with you if possible to help advocate for you during rough times. After the ball was dropped so many times we finally were able to request to speak to the floor manager.
- I had to monitor my own body changes and point out when things got better and worse.
- I had to give blood multiple times during this short hospital stay. Each time someone came to draw blood I had to be “poked” repeatedly because they couldn’t get the vein on the first try. My arm and hand are now sore and swollen due to this. After a lot of tears and complaints they eventually brought me their IV team who got it right on the first try.
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