Flew back from Hawaii last night and " caught " something.

I am hoping that the symptoms might trigger a response from someone. I had to go to the ER late last night (2-5am) on way home from the airport because it got really bad pretty quickly. The reason I am asking you is because the ER doctor simply said I had "something", but didn't know what it was. I will be following up with the PCP in a couple days. In the meanwhile, I am resting and on Clear liquids today, but will switch to BRAT diet tomorrow for a couple days.

Symptoms:

*Severe respiratory issues

*Nausea- mostly dry heaved on way from airport to ER (45 min). My wife had said something came up that didn't look like food, but like lining. The heaving hurt. Ab region is still tender and achy.

*103 fever. It came down this morning.

* Tight chest

*Very, very cold. Like uncontrollable heavy shivering until ER started pumping me with meds and Water.

*Whole ab region aches. It is not pain, but is like a clench and uncomfortable, making sleep difficult. Back feels achy too, but is getting better today.

*very weak. Had trouble walking and needed wheelchair to get into ER. Legs and arms felt super heavy and just wanted to collapse . Gaining some strength back today, but still weak and tired.

*Elevated liver and kidney enzymes

*Amber (light brown with dark gold) urine despite having hydrated with two bags at ER and drinking water this morning.

As for the breathing, I had to REALLY focus on expanding my chest like my life depended on it. It was my single focus on way from airport ER because otherwise things would have deteriorated too early. I did lose feeling in my feet and hands, up my arms and legs, face was white, lips bluish. It took about 3 hours for fingers and toes to return to normal after arriving at ER. I still have a mild respiratory issue today, but it is not anything like last night.

Does this sound like a bad case of dehydration or something else? I felt fine until about 1 hour before landing when the chills and breathing issues started. I will see my PCP in a couple days, but I know we have a good set of knowledge here on BP. Thanks.

Fiddleman: just saw this thread, so scary what you've been going thru! I am glad you are feeling better and hope you continue to get back to your normal athletic self! I had the flu a couple of months ago, not anywhere near as bad as what you've been going thru, but also lost my appetite and lost weight. It came back - appetite and weight :-(, as soon as I started to feel better.

Starting to feel myself today. Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone.

Glad you are feeling better! That is very scary. I haven't heard of that related to WLS. My husband had a similar problem a couple of years ago with weakness, but no fever. His legs gave out. I think part was dehydration and maybe an overtaxed system because he had taken a lot of cold medicine. Had to use a wheelchair, ambulance to emergency room and stayed several hours. After a banana bag and several hours, he was able to come home. It took a few months for him to really get his strength back.

Lynda