What Happened To Me? It Was Scary!

[Frza 194]

Last night i was reading in bed when all of a sudden i got very cold. So cold I couldnt finish the paragraph, I had to put the book down and get under the covers for warmth. I started shivering and curled up in fetal position and covered my head with the blankets but still couldnt get warm. The shivering turned into violent shaking and uncontrolable teeth chattering. I had to call my BF to come help me. I put a pillow in my mouth to help with the chattering, it was so hard that my jaw was hurting. My body was quaking and convulsing and i just felt so cold. My BF brought a heating pad, an extra blanket and snuggled me until the shaking past, probably about 20 minutes. This morning all of my muscles, especially my neck, arms and back are very sore. I also have a headache. It feels like I was beaten up.

About 3 hrs prior i had grilled chicken for dinner. I wasn't quite full and decided to try some of my guy's Flat Out quesadilla. I had 2 tiny bites. I am 5 weeks out, that was my first time trying bread post-op. I also took an Iron chewable.< /p>

An hour before bed I had a glass of Water with Miralax. Right before bed I took my PPI. 40 min later the convulsing starts.

What caused this. Was it the bread? The miixture of medicines? I woke up to acid pain in the night but didn't have any diarrhea, cramping or intestinal pain.

If this was late dumping, can I expect that I will always react that way to bread? Should I try again later out? It was very painful and frightening for my boyfriend and I.

Any advice / info is appreciated.

[Gene1970 179]

My guess is that it wasn't the bread... I would check with your Dr... maybe some reaction from taking the PPI, Miralax, and Iron so close together is my only guess... Good luck, I'll be curious to see if anyone else has had this or if the Dr has any ideas.

[Frza 194]

Thanks, I have an email in to the Dr. I'll be sure to post the response I get from him.

[Sweetdreams406 0]

Well I had a very similar situation that happened to me actually every day for about 5 days after surgery- I was that cold and shivering and everything EVERYDAY- I was literally walking around with 3 shirts on a hat on my head two pairs of sweatpants and two pairs of socks and gloves and socks then covering the gloves on my hands- this was pretty much an all day event for me for 5 days but it was immediately after surgery- teeth chattering and shivering and everything even with all the above on!

[Getting There 198]

I agree with contacting the doc. With any severe reaction like this you're better safe than sorry.

Hope everything turns out to be OK

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Wow, that was scarey? Did you think about calling your surgeon's office and talk to the on call doc? Let us know what your doc says when he emails you back, or better yet, can you call your surgeon instead of waiting for an email. I's really like to know what happened.

[Crystal Lavoie 29]

I was told to not attempt bread for at least the first 6 months. It swells in the stomach and is hard to digest.

As for the cold, uncontrollable shakes, I had that 2 days after surgery and needed some meds to relax. I was still in the hospital and it only happened that one time. My suggestion is to avoid bread and see your doc if it happens again.

[mango926 25]

I am so sorry about your episode! It does sound very scary! I'm sure you'll get a response soon, so please post when you do. I hope your muscle aches get better asap!

[scorpion509 107]

I doubt it was reaction to bread. I think it is some mix up in medication. Please let us know what your doctor said.

[ShapeShifter 64]

I get that kind of sudden and temporary bone-chill, too... but I had it even before surgery. Usually it would happen at night, and it would feel impossible to get warm - even with the a/c set on 83. It could be a thyroid thing or a hormonal thing, perhaps. Though I've never had an abnormal blood test. Hoping you don't have to go through that again. I wonder if a hot bath would have helped. Sometimes that is the only thing that will warm me. (all craziness, since I live in Florida)

[LouiseC 1,029]

There is a connection between ghrelin and body temperature regulation. Though as studies into ghrelin are still so new, there is little anyone will be able to tell you about the impact this will have on you post surgery. I certainly have times where I get incredibly cold but not to the point you have described.

As others have said, best to see what your doctor says and to rule out a medicine reaction.

In my layperson's opinion it is unlikely to be the bread and more likely to be ghrelin related.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I get cold fingers and toes all the time, for no apparent reason. Not enough to cause my teeth to chatter, but still chilly.

[Bmarion662 76]

I would really like to know as I have had this several times in my life and I am not sleeved yet. It is severe enough to feel deep in your bones. Is it shock potentially from trauma???

[Frza 194]

The surgeon said to book an appt w/ my PCP soon. He has never heard of these symptoms in relation to sleeve. He mentioned scary words like 'kidney disease, high blood pressure and epilepsy'. I'll see my PCP asap.

[Bmarion662 76]

There was on here that was having spasms like that and she had interal bleeding