04-22-2016, 12:26 AM
Just checked out of the ER and IMO, was made a fool of.
I lifted weights on Sunday. It was intense since I didn't do that workout in quite a while. It was a Body Beast workout and I was doing "Bulk Arms". Punishing, but I wouldn't say I "overdid it" w/10/15/20/25 lbs dumbbells.
Of course I had pain in both arms afterwards which was nothing unexpected. But Wednesday, my left arm started to swell up. Now, I've done all these workouts before and I'm like "hmm this is new" so I told my mom about it and she looked it since she was a nurse. She gave me an ice pack and some Motrin. I'm like cool.
So today and as I type this, the swelling still hasn't subsided. You can definitely tell my left arm is bigger than my right. Though the pain has greatly subsided, the swelling hasn't and I'm still scared.
I'm reading up on "Rhabdomyolysis" and it can be life threatening. I read this article http://fitfeat.com/blog/2011/06/03/rhabd...read-this/
Now I start freaking out!! I had all the symptoms except dark urine and again, my muscles never swelled up like this after my workouts. So I told my boss and my mom and roomie and my bro-in-law who is an EMT that I'm going to the ER.
So I get there to the ER and explain myself, and the ladies there in admissions just f*ckn laugh. I'm like "WHOA!!" and schooled them on what it was and that I could go into kidney failure.
The doctor sees me, I explained what happened as best as I could, and they give me a test to test for clots. That was it. They found no clots and they let me go. I think I should have had a blood test to check my CK (creatine kinase) levels. They said it was probably just a sprain and gave me a referral to an orthopedic surgeon.
I wouldn't be in a f****n ER room if I had just a sprain!!!!!!!! An arm just doesn't swell up 3 days after a workout. Even the disclaimer for Body Beast says that rhabdomyolysis could occur from it.
I lifted weights on Sunday. It was intense since I didn't do that workout in quite a while. It was a Body Beast workout and I was doing "Bulk Arms". Punishing, but I wouldn't say I "overdid it" w/10/15/20/25 lbs dumbbells.
Of course I had pain in both arms afterwards which was nothing unexpected. But Wednesday, my left arm started to swell up. Now, I've done all these workouts before and I'm like "hmm this is new" so I told my mom about it and she looked it since she was a nurse. She gave me an ice pack and some Motrin. I'm like cool.
So today and as I type this, the swelling still hasn't subsided. You can definitely tell my left arm is bigger than my right. Though the pain has greatly subsided, the swelling hasn't and I'm still scared.
I'm reading up on "Rhabdomyolysis" and it can be life threatening. I read this article http://fitfeat.com/blog/2011/06/03/rhabd...read-this/
Now I start freaking out!! I had all the symptoms except dark urine and again, my muscles never swelled up like this after my workouts. So I told my boss and my mom and roomie and my bro-in-law who is an EMT that I'm going to the ER.
So I get there to the ER and explain myself, and the ladies there in admissions just f*ckn laugh. I'm like "WHOA!!" and schooled them on what it was and that I could go into kidney failure.
The doctor sees me, I explained what happened as best as I could, and they give me a test to test for clots. That was it. They found no clots and they let me go. I think I should have had a blood test to check my CK (creatine kinase) levels. They said it was probably just a sprain and gave me a referral to an orthopedic surgeon.
I wouldn't be in a f****n ER room if I had just a sprain!!!!!!!! An arm just doesn't swell up 3 days after a workout. Even the disclaimer for Body Beast says that rhabdomyolysis could occur from it.