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Rhabdomyolysis - Long-Term Recovery & Chronic Pain
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Nov 8 11:13am | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for sharing your stories about your Rhabdomyolysis. I was rushed to theE.R. i didn't remember anything for 2 and 1/2 weeks. I just woke in a hospital bed one day. CPK, like yours was 7,400. Normal is about 60-80.
I had to rely on my husband to fill me in. And. I have ALL of my medical records. I don't ever want to go through that again.
It is a RARE disorder that causes muscle tissue to be destroyed.
Question is how did I get it? Lipitor and Covid 19 vaccinations seem to be
likely .
It's nice to find someone else who had the same disorder. Pat
I just hope ot doesn't come back...I am going to ask my PCP to stop my lipitor.
Thank you again, Pat!
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@paktoledo sorry for not replying sooner. Last year for several months I complained to my pcp about weakness. I was told to lose weight and exercise. Finally they performed stress test, lung test, etc. one day walking into house I fell down and was unable to get up. I had to call the fire department and they helped me get to a chair. I called my doctor and they ran a CK test and my numbers were almost 8,000. I was told to stop statin and retest in a week. I was barely able to walk and get test and it came back slightly over 10,000.
I was sent to the ER immediately and when they ran test again it climbed to almost 11,000. I was admitted and was in for 51 days. I had several months of therapy and able to walk almost normal. But I will be on medication for live because of the statin.
You will get through this battle