What happened to me?

I have had a very stressful couple of weeks at work. I am due for Remicade this Tues.  I wonder if the symptoms I have had this last week have to do with CD or not.

Last friday I was off so I went fishing in a remote area.  1.5 hour 4 mile walk downhill and two hours 4 miles back uphill.  On the way up my left thigh cramped up and then I got dizzy like if you stand up to fast but I was simply walking uphill? I was afraid I would have to be rescued but I did make it out.

Saturday I did nothing except enjoy the stiff muscles from my hike

Sunday I felt chilled and had 101 temp.  An hour later it was 102.  I drank a liter of water and the fever went down to 100.5

Monday went to work.  I think the fever broke but it was very hot so I am not sure.  My body felt like lead.  Took determination to deliver the mail all day

Tues morning I passed some blood mucus.  It was pink not red.  Fever was gone and my energy level was way up. 

The rest of the week I had normal morning discomforts and trips to the toilet. Until

Saturday (today) the pains were more frequent.  Stools smaller.

Just would like to know mostly about the dizzy and the fever and then blood two days later.  My BP by the way on Sunday was norm. 103/70 or so.  Do these symptoms ring a bell????   Tnx

I agree, I would call the doctor before your next Remicade infusion.

A lot of things can cause dizziness, but probably the likeliest explanation in your case is overdoing the physical exercise that day. Personally, I have noticed that my exercise tolerance isn't consistent, eg one week I can kick a ball around with my nephews for half an hour, another week I feel nauseous after a few minutes and have to stop. (At the moment, my exercise tolerance is zero: a gentle stroll to the nearby local shop today took it out of me.)

The other symptoms resemble mine to some extent - and weirdly enough, I was due Remicade this Tuesday too until the hospital decided to defer it.

Anyway, yeah, I would call your doctor.

I was hit over the head with a sledgehammer with my symptoms <_<. Was not expecting it at all, tbh. After all, I had already had two infusions with no reaction whatsoever (bad or good! Actually, I think I felt a bit better after my first infusion, but not the second. But that's getting away from the subject...)

Almost out of nowhere, my diarrhoea worsened and I started getting fevers. Was light-headed whenever I got up too.

I'm just a tad worried by your worsening pains and smaller stools. Not to worry you but I was passing a lot of small stools for a week or more, which eventually ended up in the worst night yet last night and vomiting. I'm almost certain it was a partial obstruction. Just keep an eye on things and don't let them get out of hand :-/

I get the occasional dizziness from time to time. Sometimes from physical exertion, sometimes when I get up in the morning, or when sitting, kneeling. I take a mild diuretic that they have me on to keep the kidney stones flushed out, and that is one of the side effects, however it could be some of the other medications. It would be good to talk to your doctor about. Knowing your BP at the time is a good start. Mine has always been low normal.

Blood and mucus sounds like a bit of a flare up, but not unexpected. You can still flare on Remicade. I did, really bad once. The GI doubled my dose of Remicade and I did better after that.

I still get the spiked fevers, gut pain, blockage symptoms, etc from time to time. My GI takes a lot of interest in those, so be sure to let yours know.

I wouldn't be too concerned about the smaller stools, the way the gut works, stricture higher up doesn't relate to size upon exit. Volume/consistency would be more indicative.

I also understand your concerns about work. I'm in a fairly stressful job, and sometimes it gets to be too much. My wife is pretty good about talking me into taking it easy. While I really get concerned about leaving my guys with too much work, I know how much worse it is for them if I end up in the hospital and am out for an extended period. Better to take a short amount of time off and look after yourself than pushing it and ending up out for a few weeks.

FunGuy , please don't be quick to blame all such symptoms on crohns . They could also be your heart . Not wanting to scare you but my doctors blamed such symptoms on crohns for so long I could be talking to you from the great beyond right now . Talk to your doctor and get checked out .

I agree with Sniper and Dave as well!!

Wow an explosion of responses, thank you all.

Dave and Sniper: I have always had fairly low blood pressure but not as low as it used to be. I could feel dizzy standing up but never in the process of walking before. My Dad just had his first heart attack at age 80 this summer. I pretty much continued the walk up the hill with little rest. Wouldn't I have "dropped" if that was a coronary and I didn't stop? I'm not sure but I am going to keep the possibilty in mind. Sure hope you missed.

Mckenna & PB4 - What you are saying may be it. I know that I took less water with me than usual (2 qts) as I forgot one bottle in the car. MCKENNA CAN YOU TELL ME MORE about SPIKED FEVERS?

Roni - Anemia could explain part of why I feel so worn out so often. My blood work in the past has not indicated anemia though. I generally eat very well and I still have (knock on wood) my whole GI tract. God knows why as I have had this disease since 1975.

To all you have given me GREAT counsel and I am going to discuss (email) this with my nurse practioner. Thank you

I just emailed my GI nurse practitioner. I have a lot of confidence in her as she has this DD also. We will see what she says. I am hoping she will not phone me and say get in here right away.......

It does seem as though some of my old systems are older than me for pete's sake. People love to feed the animals in parks. What amazes me are the ones that will walk up to something like a bull buffalo to get a closer picture.

FunGuy

I often feel like I'm a horrible pain to my PCP because every little thing that starts, I run to them to make sure it doesn't get worse. Yesterday I woke with an earache, and thought oh great, another ear infection. But when I talked to the dr and told her that things seem to happen so fast for me. She told me not to worry, that they don't think anything of it considering the meds I'm on and all my medical history. She said they'd rather me come in at the beginning and prevent things from getting worse than wait a few days and require more medicine.

Fevers that high, when you're on Remi are cause for concern. I've been told to call my GI or see my PCP if I have a fever over 101.5 to make sure there's nothing I'm ignoring.

Please make sure you get to the bottom of this. You're so much safer finding out it was a fluke than ignoring it and it possibly being something serious.

Hey Fun Guy, I guessed right about it being dehydration...so glad she didn't feel it was something more serious...take it easy for a bit and keep up with the fluids!!!

Glad your ok and now you will bring and drink more water when you hike . I'm guilty of not drinking enough myself and I don't know why . As for the people that approach wild animals like buffalo and moose , they usually find out the hard way that they have been watching too many Disney movies and the animals have not . What part of WILD don't they understand ?