Originally published April 15, 2009
Yesterday I had a bit of a… well… not tough, but .. it was a day…
I got in another half-hour walk and all, but was just really wiped all day. I took a number of naps throughout the day. Woke up from one around 9pm, and was feeling a bit… warm… but didn’t think much of it.
Hopped online, and a friend of mine that has had lap-band and works in a hospital was online and we started talking. She asked if I’d taken my temp.. and for some reason hadn’t really thought of it. So I did, and I was running a fever. Just over 100.
She asked what meds I had… told her bout the stuff the hospital gave me… she said it had stuff like Tylenol in it so to take some of that. Took the lower of the recommended doses and watered down, like the doc had said to do if I took it… within a few minutes I was sweating. Not much… but I hadn’t been before.
After bout half-hour, checked the temp again and I was at 101.
OK, discharge papers said to page the surgeon if I had a temp over 100.4, so it was time to page.
He called back almost immediately, then he kinda grilled me bout my drinking, wanting to know exactly how much I had. Unfortunately… I couldn’t tell him. With the frequent naps and such, I knew I was drinking steadily (when I was awake), but I hadn’t been keeping track of just how much. I knew it was still only about 40 ounces though because of how many glasses I’d emptied through the day. But it was nearly 10pm, so yea… I was way behind.
He sort of chided me about how I need to keep track, need to stay on program, and that the fever was likely from dehydration. Said to get at least another 16 ounces before going back to bed, and to get up early, and if I wasn’t feeling any better to call his office and that I’d likely have to go in for some IV fluids.
I thanked him, and started to settle in for a night of catching up on my queue in hulu.com … and then bout half hour later it hit me.
A HUGE wave of nausea, and started sweating like crazy.
This lasted about .. I dunno.. 5-10 minutes? And then it passed almost as quickly as it hit.
It was about then the fever seemed to break, and I was fine after that. Then I woke up this morning feeling bout the best I have all week. Bonus.
So lesson to learn… track your fluids. you may THINK you are drinking enough, but you really need to KNOW you are.
