Rhabdomyolysis

Eric Lindquist · 10-17-2006, 09:34 PM

I spent 4 or 5 hours in the ER tonite getting saline solution pumped thru me. Fun stuff. I'm •••••• at my lack of foresight on the exercise that caused it, but I value the lesson learned.

Andy Shirley · 10-17-2006, 10:09 PM

If you could fill us in on the details...?

Workout?
New to Crossfit?
CK levels?

Eric Lindquist · 10-18-2006, 07:14 AM

Sorry, I posted that after I got home and all I wanted to do was crash.

I'm fairly new to crossfit, but I've been doing something similar in intensity, just not variety, for about 1 year. Before that I've been an amateur cyclist since 2000.

I did last saturday's tabata squats (scored 18) but I wasn't hydrated well at all nor did I have breakfast yet. Anyways, I stood up and was like "Wow, that was hardcore!" turned around, and my legs folded. It was actually very funny at the time. Anyway, I chilled for 30 mins, got in the car and went to the farm for milk and eggs, came home and mowed over an acre with a pushmower on an incline, climbed our roof to clean the chimney, weedwacked hundreds of feet of stone wall, helped the fiance stack 2 cords of wood, etc. Me and my fiance did 5 hours of yard-work without rest that day. THAT was the mistake. They didn't really hurt all that day; however, when I woke up Sunday morning I sure felt it!! They didn't get that much better by last night and I knew it was rhabdo, so I just went to the ER.

My creatine kinase levels were 7000 (4 days after the incident), where they ought to be around 500 (so the doc said). They said my kidneys were function 100% but just to be sure they hydrated the •••• out of me for a few hours. My legs feel quite a bit better this morning.

Bottom line: Don't be a cavalier training fool. Be educated, and safe.

(Message edited by distinct on October 18, 2006)

(Message edited by distinct on October 18, 2006)

(Message edited by distinct on October 18, 2006)

Eric Lindquist · 10-18-2006, 07:15 AM

Gosh darn! I guess the opposite of heaven is censored. Golly gee! haha ;)

Keith Wittenstein · 10-18-2006, 12:45 PM

Wow! Glad you're alright now.

Eric Lindquist · 10-18-2006, 06:06 PM

Thanx :-)

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10-17-2006, 09:34 PM	#1
Eric Lindquist Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glastonbury CT Posts: 9	I spent 4 or 5 hours in the ER tonite getting saline solution pumped thru me. Fun stuff. I'm •••••• at my lack of foresight on the exercise that caused it, but I value the lesson learned.

10-17-2006, 10:09 PM	#2
Andy Shirley Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 1,377	If you could fill us in on the details...? Workout? New to Crossfit? CK levels?

10-18-2006, 07:14 AM	#3
Eric Lindquist Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glastonbury CT Posts: 9	Sorry, I posted that after I got home and all I wanted to do was crash. I'm fairly new to crossfit, but I've been doing something similar in intensity, just not variety, for about 1 year. Before that I've been an amateur cyclist since 2000. I did last saturday's tabata squats (scored 18) but I wasn't hydrated well at all nor did I have breakfast yet. Anyways, I stood up and was like "Wow, that was hardcore!" turned around, and my legs folded. It was actually very funny at the time. Anyway, I chilled for 30 mins, got in the car and went to the farm for milk and eggs, came home and mowed over an acre with a pushmower on an incline, climbed our roof to clean the chimney, weedwacked hundreds of feet of stone wall, helped the fiance stack 2 cords of wood, etc. Me and my fiance did 5 hours of yard-work without rest that day. THAT was the mistake. They didn't really hurt all that day; however, when I woke up Sunday morning I sure felt it!! They didn't get that much better by last night and I knew it was rhabdo, so I just went to the ER. My creatine kinase levels were 7000 (4 days after the incident), where they ought to be around 500 (so the doc said). They said my kidneys were function 100% but just to be sure they hydrated the •••• out of me for a few hours. My legs feel quite a bit better this morning. Bottom line: Don't be a cavalier training fool. Be educated, and safe. (Message edited by distinct on October 18, 2006) (Message edited by distinct on October 18, 2006) (Message edited by distinct on October 18, 2006)

10-18-2006, 07:15 AM	#4
Eric Lindquist Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glastonbury CT Posts: 9	Gosh darn! I guess the opposite of heaven is censored. Golly gee! haha ;)

10-18-2006, 12:45 PM	#5
Keith Wittenstein Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New York New York Posts: 941	Wow! Glad you're alright now.

10-18-2006, 06:06 PM	#6
Eric Lindquist Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glastonbury CT Posts: 9	Thanx :-)